Traditional medicine still focuses on conventional therapies and old school protocols, such as the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. Statins are used to treat women and men. Unfortunately, despite its ubiquitous use, statins do not have solid medical literature evidence to support the claim that they are a safe yet effective heart disease protective treatment. A recent medical journal report indicated that “the beneficial effects of statins on cardiovascular disease are minuscule, and that their adverse effects are more common and potentially dangerous than is generally known.” There are multiple reports of adverse reactions to statins. They have the potential to cause the development of type 2 diabetes, severe muscle aches/pains, and seem to increase the risk of dementia due to the lack of adequate cholesterol which reduces the brain’s ability to heal and maintain itself. Statins may also cause liver damage and have been reported to cause erectile dysfunction, and multiple articles implicate statins in the risk of developing breast cancer. One study showed to increase the risk of breast cancer by a nearly whopping 300%.

Today, in the majority of medical practices, statins are one of the most prevalent prescribed, accepted, and recognized medications by patients ever before. It is almost the universal standard to prescribe these types of drugs.