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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

Once again, cause and effect reversed.  Statins statistically lower deaths 
due to arterial blockage etc.  This is because, when your artery is damaged 
and a layer of LDL is placed over the wound, if it won't heal it can run 
like a stocking causing more and more LDLs to be layered over the wound thus 
eventually blocking the artery.  It is like placing more gauze over a 
bleeding wound as the blood soaks through when what it needs is a few 
stitches.  You could get a huge pile of gauze before the wound heals on it's 
own.  If this was an artery in the heart, the bandages could cause a blocked 
artery and therefore a heart attack  before the wound heals.  Statins do NOT 
reduce inflammation.  They reduce the reaction to inflammation, i.e. layers 
of LDLs covering the inflammation.

Statins function by not only inhibiting the liver's ability to produce LDLs, 
but they also accumulate in the liver and "recall" LDL's that are already in 
the body.  I don't think they can raise HDLs, however, they can "improve" 
the ratio of LDLs to HDLs by lowering the LDL count.

Wendy


> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net> wrote:
> ...  Cholesterol is not your enemy.  Your body produces cholesterol when
> > it needs it.  Cell walls are almost pure cholesterol.  Different forms of
> > cholesterol are used for different things. LDLs are your bodies "patch"
> > material.
>
> Statins do lower death rates from all causes, however, and it's not
> clear why. One theory is that they reduce the amount of inflammation
> in the body, and inflammation is a major cause of damage to arteries.
> That would explain why they lower LDL and raise HDL.
>
> Marie
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