Proof The Bible Is True

By Dr. Mercola

Statins are a type of medication prescribed to lower cholesterol levels. They work by blocking an enzyme in the liver your body uses to make cholesterol.¹ Although vilified for many years as causing heart attacks and stroke,² your body makes cholesterol as it is needed to produce hormones, build cell membranes and produce substances used to digest food.³

Cholesterol is found in foods from animals, such as dairy products and meats.⁴ Your body makes the fatty substance cholesterol, but it cannot travel in the bloodstream alone.⁵ The body encases small particles of cholesterol inside protein particles …read more

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