# Chapter 8: The Statin Deception Source [[Book Notes - The great cholesterol myth]] Why am i reading this book, is to understand from the authors, what is their stand on Statin. STEPHANIE SENEFF ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BIOLOGIST. Story of a stephanie seneff.. her husband diagnosed with heart disease. Doctor put him on statin, and side effects developed. Author wrote that Statin have several good points 1. Mildly anti-inflammatory 2. Lower C-reactive protein 3. Decrease blood viscosity “DYING WITH CORRECTED CHOLESTEROL IS NOT A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME” 1980s, Russel Smith --- wrote a book "The Cholesterol Conspiracy" - essentially argued that statin may lower cholesterol, but since cholesterol doesn't really increase risk of heart diseases, it is the artificial lowering of cholesterol that have risks. STATIN DRUGS: RISKS VERSUS BENEFITS The Dark Side of Statin Drugs Statin Drugs and Your Brain: Memory, Thinking, and Alzheimer’s STATIN DRUGS AND YOUR ENERGY STATIN DRUGS AND YOUR GUT BUGS STATIN DRUGS AND IMMUNITY (NF-KB) STATIN DRUGS AND YOUR SEX LIFE STATINS AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY STATINS, CANCER, AND DIABETES Chapter argues that the side effects of Statin out-weight the benefits of it. Cholesterol are important to healthy body mechanisms