Statin side effects can include mitochondrial targeting leading to muscle wasting, and some statins can inhibit cholesterol synthesis in the brain. — Whalespan
Statin side effects can include mitochondrial targeting leading to muscle wasting, and some statins can inhibit cholesterol synthesis in the brain.
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“that statin would limit my ability to produce testosterone it would inhibit all the other things that I'm doing with increased all your insulin resistance it probably it would increase my insulin resistance by affecting the mitochondria it would affect the production of cholesterol in my brain it might predispose me to dementia later on”
“they target you know mitochondria and lead to muscle wasting also because there's two different main ones on the market one of them is able to get across the blood-brain barrier and stops cholesterol synthesis in the brain which can be a problem because you need cholesterol in your brain”