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Duane Graveline MD MPH (Author), Glyn Wainwright MSc (Introduction)

Try to imagine a drug possessing the ability to cause DNA mutations using the same mechanisms that have evolved for natural aging. When confronted with a patient experiencing weakness and unsteadiness, muscle aches and pains, memory loss and depression, the quite natural response from most doctors is, “You have to expect this kind of thing now; you are over 50”. Most doctors do not have a clue as to the truth. It is not natural aging that has depleted you so. This is premature aging – aging in months according to many statin victims – and this entire complex of symptoms from a drug so safe that many doctors feel it should be put in the drinking water. The class of drugs is called statins, simple reductase inhibitors capable not only of lowering cholesterol but also CoQ10 and dolichols as well, leading directly to mitochondrial damage and mutation. No, this is not impossible. It is happening today to thousands of us.

The Dark Side of Statins

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Oxidative Stress

One way is the damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are produced by the burning of blood sugar (Glucose) and oxygen in our cells to  produce energy. The free radicals produced by this can cause oxidation damage to surrounding tissues (oxidative stress). The body uses a variety of anti-oxidants (e.g. cholesterol & CoQ10) to control or limit such damage but these can be overwhelmed.  The rate of damage may exceed the rate of repair with excessive use of energy from sugar.

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