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It's truly alarming how little doctors know about a lot of this stuff.
I think she knows, but her profession forces her to "follow the orders" and act in that way.
It annoys me a bit the fixation on the LDL, without taking into account my metabolic health, which is never part of the discussion. And now, despite ultrasound showing without ambiguity that my arteries are healthy, I feel she's now moving the goalposts by trying to make me take them for prevention.
No thanks. I read a few studies and know precisely what I would be exposing myself to. I won't take that chance...
I think she knows, but her profession forces her to "follow the orders" and act in that way.
That's so much worse. Most of the time, they just don't know much beyond what was required for the license (which is a lot).
The doctors I've known personally aren't very curious individuals. They're practitioners of a complex craft and like the status that comes from it.
My doctor has been trying for a couple of years now to put me on statins, but I'm resisting. I've learned from this and several other videos on the topic more than the material provided to me by my doctor, which clearly looked like pharmaceutical one-sided marketing material. I had to put my eyes on actual studies to learn about potential adverse effects of these drugs.
I did a second blood test last summer, and my LDL values went down by 20+% without me even trying. Yesterday I got my latest test results, they had gone up again slightly, but after watching the video, I thought it could be due to the season, and the need for the body to produce more vitamin D in winter. (?)
Interestingly, my blood pressure is perfect, I had an ultrasound and CT scan done to check for potential plaque buildup in my arteries. Ultrascan came out negative, and I expect the ct scan results will be similar...
This has strengthened my resolve to avoid the statins, despite my doctor still subtly insisting, but I think my mind is made already...