My mother had 600 cholesterol at age 45. Got sick from the prescribed meds, got off of all meds, and got to be 101 years old with zero meds. How come?

When I explained this information to my cardiologist, he told me all KZfaq doctors are quacks. He said he has 35 years of experience with heart disease and that I need to get on a statin right away. I had a heart attack 9 years ago and never went on a statin. I refuse to. Then my cardiologist stormed out of the room. Through the years I've been reading and watching about all these statins old and new, and I am deathly afraid of them. A trillion dollar industry. I guess the doctors and pharmaceutical companies just don't have our best interests at heart. If they did, they would have much better therapies available here in the 21st century. Guess it's all about the almighty dollar. Don't forget to eat your garlic.

My doctor will not prescribe statins. He told me to take vitamin K2 and cut out sugar. He also told me to use animal fat when cooking(bacon grease), avocado oil, and olive oil only.one reason fast food is so bad for you is because of the type oil they cook the food in. I did this and within 4 months, my cholesterol was normal and I lost 30 pounds.

Zach Bush is brilliant. I never bought into the whole cholesterol myth. I am now 70 and I take zero prescription drugs. And I won't ever. I have had to stop eating bread because it makes me feel so ill which I now understand is due to glyphosphate in wheat. I put the joint pain that I do feel due to the impossibility to avoid it completely in the diet. BTW I do yoga on average 5 times a week.

I've been in statin on and off. And in hypertension meds for 12 years. I've adopted a low carb diet and exercise. I stopped sugar and processed foods. Did exercise 3x a week. Lost 70 lbs in a year and off all medications . Thanks Dr. Hayman

I got so mad at my doctor for telling me to start on a statin after a very basic cholesterol panel instead of telling me to stop feeding my face with garbage, change my diet, and start exercising. I think too many doctors have resolved themselves to the thought that patients are unwilling to take the steps to improve their lives.

OMG, I had to stop this video to comment in the middle.! You described my mother's and grandmother's demise perfectly. It was a very slow descent into inflammation of her joints, congestive heart failure, and it was heartbreaking to see people suffer as they did. I was her caregiver in the end and EVERY SYMPTOM you describe is how she was physically tortured to death. I carry the guilt for not knowing how to resolve her health issues, firing one doctor and watching another fumble it. Others were heroic in placing stents. My doctor pushes statins almost every visit which I refuse. Thank you, Drs. Hyman & Bush, for your work. I'm all in.

So important to hear real doctors. Thanks for being so brave, to tell the truth.

I’m 73, before taking statins I could do 10 pull-ups in a set, after statins I struggled to do 4 pull-ups. I stopped taking statins a month ago.

If you have high cholesterol (Total Cholesterol or LDL), do yourself this favor to assess if you actually have risks: 1) Get a carotid artery scan or CIMT - to actually determine if you have plaque build-up that can lead to stroke 2) Get a calcium arterial calcification (CAC) scan of your heart - to see if you have build up in your heart that leads to heart attack (myocardial infarction) If both tests indicate you have no build-up, then you can assess the need for medication. If one or both of the tests confirm you have build up (which is my case), then your decision to use medication in your treatment plan may change. Please make informed decisions about your actual state and not just blood tests. BTW...You can self refer for both tests at many hospitals, and the cost of the tests is very reasonable if you compare it to the potential outcome - stroke or heart attack. Also...plan to retest over time. Six years ago I had no measureable plaque (carotid or heart) despite having high LDLC for many years. Now I have both and am investigating 🔎 my options.

I've had super high blood pressure for over 10 years and I refuse to go to a doctor or take meds of any kind.. I am almost 82 years, in good health, fittness, energy and attitude. Blood pressure might kill me,, but at least I've not been a prisoner of fear, daily pills and terrorist doctor visits. I love my food choices. I eat a lot of awesome salads and herbal / veggie soups. I drink a lot of herbal teas and fruit smoothies with seeds, nuts, raw sweet potato, and raw carrot and celery tossed in. Sardines, duck eggs, coconut oil, almond flour, garbanzo bean pasta, and oat milk are my go to nutritional choices also. I like it when youtube doctors agree with me instead of telling me what they think I should do to stay well on their wonky agenda. Lol

My cholesterol level has been around 300 for about 35 years. I don’t take any medications against my doctors advice. I am 64 yo and no plaque built up

Not only did I find this content brilliant. The pace of the way in which you all spoke made it very easy to understand. Thank you so much. Love to you all.

I've become like death being on Crestor now for about a month. I have no energy I'm lethargic I had to find out why. I could only look at my psych meds and then statins. I found this video I think will save my life

Dr Zach Bush is the ultimate doctor in my life.

Inflammation is not because of cholestrol. Its about bad artifical chemical food, gmo, chemical fertilizer, homon, antibiotic injected animal, bad drinking water, enviroment polution and stressful lifestyle.

26 years ago a Doctor wanted me to go on statins because my total Cholesterol was 202. So, year after year, going overboard eating more Carbs and sugar from ice cream, and too much fruit intake, the total Cholesterol fluctuated from 190 to 202. Once I stopped all sugar, and did not eat all day, intermittent fasting over 18 hours a day, my Cholesterol shot up to 260. This proves to me that the whole Cholesterol issue is a myth or lie.

After 6 months on a Keto diet here is the result. Following symptoms vanished Heartburn Dry flakey skin Body itching Sensing things crawling on my skin or hair. Eyes look more clear. Feeling of comfort inside my body at all times. Heart palpitation. Sleep is much more restful if I am not disturbed by whatever it may be. Always some black heads somewhere on my face.. No more zits. I don’t get cuts easily. Stronger skin. A bump, ingrown hair on my leg for years just suddenly came off. At last poof. Overall blood pressure just dropped. Drop in blood sugar which to my view is quite a big deal. I would have never been able to drop the level if I had to rely on the damn doctor's advice or his cronies. No more dry nose which caused bleeding every so often. In fact, my nose is supple and soft. Not all dried out. My morning breath is not so annoying that I can’t wait to brush the sucker. I don’t feel bogged down.. Just a fresher energy. The air feels better and my mood is simply much lighter and better. I used to get light headed more often than I cared and that is gone. There was a strange, odd itch on the side of my left foot. I inherited it from my ex wife. she got it from someone else, it would appear every so often. It is no more at all. I get up less often at night to urinate. In fact I only woke up once last night. I say wow. Oh, no more bleeding gums here and there I used to get when flossing. No more back pain, neck pain especially when I get up in the morning. I tolerate cold and hot weather far better. Very interesting. Glass/shard in my elbows gone, I just don’t seem to notice any hemorrhage. Unlike before when my feet hurt after walking for a mile or two, I can walk for miles and miles without any pain whatsoever. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HDL-C went from 40 to 75 Triglycerides went from 225 to 50 A1C dropped from 5.7 to 5.3. Not sure how long I have had high blood glucose. Weight loss without hardship, 210 to 165 lbs. Average blood pressure dropped, systolic less than 120, diastolic mid to low 70. ================================================= AND THE ENEMY IS? Total cholesterol from 150 to 491 LDL from 104 to 350

Simply amazing quality!

Thank You! Fifteen years ago, the ok cholesterol level was 200 ... Mine was 204 I at 48 stated on them for 9 years. Then I changed how I ate, my lifestyle. Make a long story short. The pharmaceutical company just keeps moving the goal post. And now that 200 level has now been lowered to 100! And why not , more money money money! I have been off any and ALL prescription meds for over 7 years! I'm 67 and have no plans on ever taking a prescribed drug. Thank you again for the truth!

Thank you for doing a fabulous job explaining this very touchy topic!!

OMG!! this is eye-opening and must share with your love ones and friends for sure. Thank you!!

I'm sooo... happy to live during this time! Your passion and years of study and level of knowledge and experience, AND how you are using all of this is very much appreciated. With a full heart, thank you!

I found this because I just saw my doctor and am looking at the statin prescribed. I should be starting this tonight. I had troubling appt. Very height blood pressure and high (3x’s normal). I am feeling my BP is more related to something physical - had an aneurysm repair 8 years ago. So glad I didn’t swallow that. I will share this with my doctor.

Great video and explanation of what is going on with the body and our health care system.

I somehow knew this! I've had high cholesterol for years and just knew the meds would be worse! It's time to make healthier lifestyle choices!

One of the best medical information that I have all these while.....🙏👍💕❤️ A thousand thanks 🥰, keep up the good works and God bless.

I HAVE SUCH PROFOUND RESPECT AND GRATEFULLNESS, FOR BOTH OF YOU. TRUTH TELLERS ALL THE WAY! THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER. SUCH COURAGE.

Thank you for the eye-opening content🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Dr. Zack is simply amazing

Thank you to Dr. Mark Hyman and Zack Busch for the extraordinary informations that you provided us. I learned a lot from one single session in this video.

I am very grateful to Dr. Zach Bush for this brilliant video that leads me in to a brand new world of learning in the truth of cholesterol - an eye opening moment😊

Thanks so much, Dr. Mark Hyman too for this great learning experience🙏

This was an incredible, riveting conversation! Thank you gentlemen 🙂

This has been the most informative video I have seen yet! Thank you

I wonder what percentage of people who died of COVID we’re on statins and/or had high inflammatory markers before getting sick

He talks too fast..But this is absolutely vital to know..THANK YOU for this video! I lowered my triglycerides from 101 to 44 from a KETO diet! I now have an HDL at 85..TG 47.. I am going to get an NMR right away because I need to see what is happening with my LDL..

Epic! Two of my favorite people and one of my favorite topics!

Thank you for this information

Wonderful health education - real public health!

Thank You 💖 watching this again so I can write it down 🎉

I got off STATIN 2 years ago, I had all of the side effects mention, I feel way much better, no more body aches, sex life back, muscle mass came back, no more brain fog

Excellent content!

Eye opening. Thank you!

Thanku

Exactly 💯% Correct and Profoundly Excellent! ... Gratitude and Appreciation 💫

As a Histologist. All the arterial sclerosis plaques we cut were calcified. Most non bone calcified specimens were the result yeast or fungal infections. I just always thought there was a connection there.

Masterpiece!

I could listen to Dr. Bush for hours.

Thanks for the video

The problem - and they will NEVER say it like this because it challenges our entire food production system and is easy to fix - is OLD FOOD masked with preservatives, salt, fat, and sugar, so it tastes good and lasts on shelves (to maintain profits). It has another name = free radicals. Old food is missing electrons. Eat it and it steals electrons from your cells, breaking them down... And oxidizing LDL. If you ate only FRESH FOODS, you'd be perfectly healthy, even if you ate some fats and meats. But old oils, old baked goods, old breads, old cereals, anything in a box, is what we've eaten for decades and we're doing for it. Remember how farmers were the healthiest people? They ate everything, but it was ALWAYS FARM FRESH. FRESH milk, FRESH eggs, FRESH meats, FRESH grains, FRESH vegetables. That's it. You don't need meds, books, videos, supplements, nothing. Just eat FRESH food. Hint: this is why farmers markets are so popular.

Simply brilliant

Awesome video. Knowledge is power!

Excellent thank you!

Thank you

This guy zack bush does a great job explaining things!

I look forward to seeing the research backing this up. I wish I had enough money to push research.

Thanks 🙏

Best information I’ve heard bar none!!

amazing and is making sense. ❤️

Excellent info, always love "Doctors with ba?ls", that aren't afraid the tell the "TRUTH" about this Ultra important subject - May God Bless You and your work !

Don't know what to think about cholesterol. There's so much conflicting information. Seems to me that it's best to let your body do its thing and not flood it with outside cholesterol. One things for sure, stay away from statins

Would be great if there were references. These are quite compelling and hair raising points.

Fantastic work - thank you

I’ve taken a statin for 30 years. I was 24 years old, best shape of my life performing highly as a paratrooper and distance runner and cholesterol level at 293. Doc just told my wife to stop taking her statin to relieve aches in her legs. I think I may stop taking it. It does get high. Up to 325 before. Statins keep it 160-180.

Fundamental misunderstanding of cholesterol ? That would depend on which side of the profit margin that you are on. The sell of the medicine is the key to understanding this !

Sir,it will be a great help to understand if medical terms or tests about which you have talked,is displayed also at the same time

Go! Doctors ....! Go!

Couple of years ago I have got two stents therefore I cannot longer eliminate the statin drug moreove I have been T1D since 2004, I'm 70 years old now. In any case I really appreciate the suggestion of follow the real food nutrition avoiding the processed food. Thanks

Other than a Carotid calcium score test , which tests are recommended for someone with high cholesterol and very high LDL and Triglycerides as well as diabetes?

great material and very interesting! I suspect and would very much like to know if this same principle also goes for the NSAID's? By 'treating' the inflammation the pain will go away, but does it also stops the body from healing? As a physical therapist and bodyworker I would really like to understand this better. Somebody has an answer for me?

My husband passed suddenly at 29 of a heart attack related to a genetic illness that wasn’t known to him but had a history he wasn’t aware of. He was a very healthy man in comparison to so many. Ate the occasional burger etc but also ate very healthy for the most part and worked out.

It’s amazing that people just can’t see the most obvious but we as humans are Frugovores and if you simply eat what was intended for humans to eat not MADE by humans to eat, you will reverse all dis-ease and have perfect health. Seems simple but in society, we were all raised with wrong information and it’s not easy to change. If you do, you will never go back.

I used 10 mg atorvastatin. Went to a specialist and she increased it to 40 mg. About two years after, i saw some thing on KZfaq and realized, hey, wait a minute, my cholesterol was normal at 10 mg. I was very angry so I went to my doctor and demanded that he send my atorvastatin back to 10 mg. I told him go back into your files and you’ll see my cholesterol was normal in the past with just 10 mg atarvostatin. And he changed it back immediately. I am still angry about it.

If you say Little A should be below 30- i am not sure why Quest has their reference range set to Mine is 67

Why don’t doctors go back to school on the basics, take exams, learn new information available. And lower the ego when it comes to Utube or public educational courses on such subjects. Thank you to both doctors. Thank you Commune

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Awesome👈keep it comin🚴Be the change that we want to see🤸 We are the ones we've been waiting for🤲Eat food, not too much, mostly plants🌱Michael Pollan💪 Thank you! 🌿🌳🌌😇🙏

It's shocking how Doctors are quick to prescribe statins knowing that there are tests one could do to see if you really need it.

What I want to know and can't find any info on, is how all this relates to someone with familial (genetic) hypercholesterolemia?

Don’t you love that EVERY commercial on this was for a drug?! 🙄

Thank you for this video. i am female 70yrs old. i had one stroke in 2016; another in 2017 that wasn't recognized by me as a stroke and i didn't find out for sure that it was my second stroke until 2018 MRI. i just had a third stroke 03.27.2022. i was told for the first two they did not appear to have be plaque retlated. Neurologist felt is was something that shot up from the heart or an AFib event. this last stroke is quite large on my right side of brain. I am scheduled for anothr CTScan to see if the damaged section seems to change. they also detected a branch from the artery has some stenosis. i have high cholestrol for years. 265; trigliserides 160 HDL 56. i cannot tolerate Statins due extreme muscle cramps that seize both my legs from feet to groin and last for at leaser 20-30mins. i paralyzes me from the muscles seizing. Dr.'s still want me on a statin and i won't do it. Having 3 strokes now is very nerve wracking for sure especially when not sure what is causing it. i had a Loop Recorder in my chest for 3.5 years and showed absolutely nothing. Any input from anybody is welcomed!

Hi Mark my name is Alice , I’m struggling with high glucose and it started to be stubborn with meds what I will do to control it down?

I'M SOOOOO GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY AND AGE THAT WE GET TO RECEIVE THESE INVALUABLE PROFESIONALS KNOWLEDGE TO LITERALLY SAVE OUR SELFS FROM THE " NARROWMINDED - MONEY DRIVEN" TRADITIONAL MAINSTREAM MEDICINE....THANK YOU !!!!!!

After to listening to this. Im stopping my statins..

Can NAC help with these oxidations? How about K2 with D3?

Any Doctor i attend in Australia would never listen to a patient disagreeing with them .I try endlessly but they are very arrogant and only have ten minutes.!

Hoping for a remedy…

Dunno if it'll be covered by the end of the video so I could be asking prematurely. My question regarding LDL cholesterols is, do we need to control it's volume? I get that it is essential but the medical industry doesn't totally condemn it. It raises a red flag after it rises above a certain threshold. So is it wrong about that claim? When I go to my healthcare portal to look up information on my lipoproteins my LDL is either within recommended ranges, or above, at which point some action needs to be taken. If this a false alarm? It's there a downside to excess LDL?

How do I find a doctor like this near me?

I went on Statins 5 years ago...at first I felt no different, but slowly over 5 years my health dissapeared. Last year I couldn't walk 500 metres as my feet ached. If I drank any alcohol my feet would burn like the skin was on fire. All my blood tests showed I had no issues. I am diabetic ( a family gift) so I assumed it was neuropathy of my feet. Eventually after being told I had zero neuropathy I decided after no help from doctors to discontinue my statin... Slowly over the past 3 months my health has returned. Be very very careful of being told a tablet is needed because your cholesterol is slightly high!!!!!

What about a gray ring that forms in someone’s eye that has very high cholesterol? This happened to my Eyes at the age of 39. My total cholesterol is 313 and I also suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.

In reference to the long message I sent below I do believe that I have log gl to sign but I do not know how to make my body produce more glue to sign other than taking vitamin C. I have read that IV glue to Si is not actually the way to produce scoot to cyan that it must be produced through vitamin C. I believe that my problem is very similar to linking your fingers together and not pushing tightly enough to prevent gaps. This vascular barrier in my brain is probably not tight enough. I would do anything I was asked to reverse this problem if in fact this is the problem. I would undergo surgery in order to correct this but I do not do well with anesthesia and I do not have anyone to take care of me if I need a month or so to recover.

Does someone with familial high cholesterol, need cholesterol meds?

Hi! Do I need to take statins after heart attack or changing lifestyle and diet is enough?

Inflammation is what cases the clogs. Over consumption of cholesterol and sugars tells your body to produce less cholesterol. Go plant based. Nuts and seed has all the fats that you need.

So .I have 170 LDL and 170 HDL. Triglycerides 50. I have to worry or not? I don't want to take Atovastatin because product muscle pain. No doctor had to explain this.

I have been taking atorvastatin for years now, probably more than 10 years because my doctor said I am at high risk because of family history of stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure. I do not have side effects and my cholesterol and triglycerides have bern within normal. I would like to discontinue taking it. But my only question is if this long term use have damaged my mitochondria, can it still be reversed if I stop taking statin?

My husband is 57 years old and his total cholesterol prior to a keto diet was 235 with ldl àt 176 hdl at 37 triglyceride at 190 and vldl 30 After 4 to 5 months of a ketogenic diet total cholesterol went up to 336 ldl up to 240 hdl up to 58 triglycerides down to100 and vldl down to 20. I am wondering if his numbers are heading in the right direction.

My doctor insist that my high ldl is hereditary and that the only way to save my life is to continue my statins, which I have been taking for 22 years. I stopped taking them 4 weeks ago and am now eating high fat low carb. I feel great and my brain fog has almost completely gone away. Not sure if I should worry about my cholesterol though