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Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

What do you take I I may ask. I’m on a statin and went off and now was convinced to go back on after a TIA.

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Valerie's avatar

Since my heart scans and calcium plaque scores show no issues, I’m not taking anything. It could change, but I’m comfortable to wait and see for now. But I also have all the lifestyle factors down (healthy weight, healthy diet, exercise, etc) and zero family history of heart issues. So it’s a good bet for me, but it’s highly individual. I agree with the person who said to do your research for yourself, because cardiac disease is a huge problem. I would never want to tell anyone to do what I’m doing just because it seems like a good idea to me.

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Robin Greer's avatar

Avocado and or olive oil everyday can help but you have to do your own research and come to your own conclusions. These good fats will help bring down "bad" fats. In Israel, we were told while we were there, the nomadic people drink olive oil everyday.

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SadieJay's avatar

Yes, I quit all L-6 oils as well. And am very picky about my EVOO. And plenty of sunshine without sunscreen.

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Robin Greer's avatar

Sunshine is so important too. Great reminders. And never buy oil in plastic.

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Robin Greer's avatar

Of course, olives and olive oil are plentiful there.

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Valerie's avatar

I have a theory that sunshine is even more important to our health than we think, and lack of it may be the cause of many of our allergy, autoimmune, etc issues. I think that the sun probably starts many different processes in our body, not only our circadian rhythm, but other hormone cascades. Human beings lived in the sun and elements and were hardly inside at all until a few hundred years ago. It can’t be possible that living inside, in fake light and fake temperatures, allows us to thrive.

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SadieJay's avatar

I think you are so right. When I get a daily dose of sunshine, about an hour or more, I feel much better. I do not use sunscreen. I think " why would God put something in the sky that would kill us?" Now, man on the other hand, with sunscreen and all the crap in it? Not buying it. If I feel I have been in the sun too long, I put on a shirt. Plus, tan fat looks better than white fat.

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