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Is Cinnamon better than Statin?

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#1 ·
Is Cinnamon Better Than Statin for Improving Lipids?

Hi there i am fairly new to diabetes and unsure about alot of things right now, but i did some research and found that cinnamon seems to really help in controlling blood sugars, unfortunately i also found that it does not mix well with Lipitor and could cause further damage to liver, there are also 2 types of cinnamon, one that has a chemical that can damage liver and one that does not, i am really sensitive to cinnamon right now and it controls my blood sugars. I am being cautious in its use of course until i see my doctor again, but this is very encouraging.
 
#3 ·
Rhetorical question? IMO, ANYTHING (or nothing) is better than statins!
 
#4 ·
I bought into that. All it did was give me the cinnamon burps

Save your money. lol

I just had a go round this morning on FB about how cinnamon & HONEY are huge cure all.How it lowers BG.
I stuck my neck out & said no it does not. well I was told very rudely
'Barbara you know nothing'
I get so sick of folks believing what they read & then telling other folks they know nothing about it.

I am so not going to post in stupid dumba** FB pages anymore. done with it.
 
#5 ·
Is cinnamon better than Statin? No

Is Statin better than LC/HF diet? No

Is LC/HF better than Statin and/or cinnamon? Yes


I wouldn't touch a statinn drug with a 10-foot pole. And only sprinkle cinnamon for flavor.
 
#8 ·
In a word, yes.

Statins are a cash cow for the drug companies and they pressure doctors to prescribe them. So despite having had decent lipids levels all my life, suddenly when I was diagnosed diabetic, I was a candidate for statins, because that's the protocol some bright bulb had come up with for an automatic way to get statins prescribed.

And I didn't know any better at the time, so I took them for a year, until my annual checkup rolled around. By that time, I was losing strength in my arms/hands, and I had also met others who were having even worse 'statin' side effects than I. I confronted my doc with this, and while he hesitated, he could see I was managing my diabetes well, and he was willing to take me off the statin.

Fast forward a coupla years, during which I moved stronger into the low-carb/high-fat way-of-eating and got into ketosis . . . my annual lab results were coming back better and better. Last year doc was scanning through my latest results during my appointment that day - seeing my LDL was 57 and my total cholesterol had dropped to 164, when it dawned on him that I had accomplished this without statins. He's been a believer ever since.

So yes, even if I lose this doc who believes in me, and have to find another, I will refuse statins at every turn. If they are prescribed despite my objections, I will not fill the prescription. I know more about my body than any doctor, and I know the best way to control my cholesterol is with low-carb/high-fat eating.
 
#7 ·
Well, I did worse than that - I refused to accept a prescription. Three physicians wanted me to take one, but I didn't. The first was an endo but he didn't push and I don't see him any longer (not because of that), the 2nd was a GP who respected my opinion and understood my point of view, the 3rd reluctantly agreed (what could she do?) but next visit I expect a little increased pressure. We'll see.

But I still won't take a statin.
 
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I took a statin for three months. My dr is one of those that just automatically prescribed it with the dx of diabetes. After a month or so I noticed my arms were aching and I was in a kind of fog all the time. After doing some reading here I realized it was the statin so I stopped taking it and both cleared up.

When I saw the dr at my 3 month appointment, I told him I was stopping it and wanted to work on lowering my numbers through diet. At my 9 month appointment some of my numbers were up, the trigs especially but I had been taking steroids for my back and they are known to raise trigs and also I am still losing weight so that didn't really surprise me. Plus I had only been off the statin for 6 months.

I have been in deep ketosis for close to 9 months, so I am hoping by my next appointment in June my ldl and trigs will have settled down. I will never take a statin again, no matter what any dr says. There are far more risks than benefits.

I do love cinnamon, I sprinkle it on a lot of things for taste, not necessarily for any bg benefits.
 
#10 ·
My cousin told me 3 days ago, she wasnt feeling well, but couldnt tell me what was wrong. She said she felt fuzzy and her whole body felt lame. When I asked her if she had seen a doctor, she said she had been to hospital for a check-up and were given a tablet to take for her high cholesterol. One month later she went to a pharmacy for a refill, but the pharmacy were out of stock and gave her the simvastatin instead.
I said 'well there is your answer'. Stop taking it immediately.

She said the hopsital pill worked for her, but since taking the statin, she started feeling sick.

I stopped taking the statin after 3-4 months and will not be taking it again!
 
#11 ·
I might as well get on this train.
doc scared the do do out of me with ,if you don't get that cholestrol down you will stoke out or have heart attack.

Are you taking your Lipator???? she gave me 20 to start, then 40 then she said up it, take 2 & here is a script for 80mg.

I took the 20mg for 2 weeks & I was some kind of fog,had CRS, couldn't put one foot in front of the other. My back was so bad I could hardly walk.Oh ya statins did me in. threw those bad boys out.......
 
#12 ·
I had taken statins for many years, and really had no problem with them. However, after reading all the reports and hype about them, I quit taking them. My last blood work showed my cholesterol and trigs elevated (quite a bit) but it was only 3-6 months after quitting the statin, and many here said that there would be a rebound effect. So, I got the script for the statin, but haven't taken it. I just had new blood work done and we'll see if anything changed. If not, then I will have to try to be a bit more diligent in getting the numbers back down. I did back off the high fat part of eating a bit, so I might just have to up that again.
 
#13 ·
I found the brainfog and muscle pain with Lipitor but not with Pravachol. I don't know why my endo insisted I have Lipitor instead of pravachol which was actually keeping my levels down (not as low as she wanted but well under where I had been) Anyway, I jacked up, decided to quit the statins... my brain fog has gone, my muscle aches (which nearly immobilised me at 40mg and she wanted me on 80... no thanks) have gone... and I am not taking that rubbish again. I'll die first (that may happen but its better than living like a zombie)
 
#14 ·
I'm boarding, too. I had a stroke (very small one) in '07 while on vacation in France and didn't seek medical treatment for it until I returned. PC put me on Lipitor and sent me to a number of specialists until we found what had caused it. It had nothing to do with my lipids so after about 6 months or so I just quit the Lipitor and a couple of years ago I saw my cardiologist and I had just been diagnosed as having a carb problem and had put myself on the Atkins diet and my cardiologist was thrilled that I was watching my carbs and predicted my lipid panel would respond quickly to it. Since then, I've had gorgeous #'s with no need for Lipitor just as he predicted. I eat high fat/low carb and it's done wonderful things to my health.

Just saying',
 
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