This story keeps popping up in the news, and it's really frightening. The American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending that some children as young as eight be given cholesterol-lowering drugs in order to prevent future heart problems.
Why would we give our kids cholesterol drugs when we could just feed them healthy foods? This makes absolutely no sense to me and is incredibly dangerous. You see, cholesterol drugs (statins) have the dangerous side effect of...are you ready for this...increased rate of heart disease! The following are some other dangerous side effects of statin drugs:
- Weakness
- Muscle aches
- An increase in cancer risk
- Immune system suppression
- Serious degenerative muscle tissue condition (rhabdomyolysis)
- Potential increase in liver enzymes so patients must be monitored for normal liver function
To read more about this story and to find out how you can lower your kids cholesterol naturally, check out this article on Mercola.com:
Why Are Cholesterol Drugs Being Recommended for Eight Year Olds?
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