Should you get an annual or periodic physical exam?

**COUNTRYBUMPKIN** · 06-09-2008, 07:06 PM

http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com/blog/kohblog.html

Renewal of some life insurance policies demand periodic physical exams and almost mandate every insured person be placed on useless and problematic statin drugs, since these exams usually follow the cholesterol guidelines actually established by drug companies. These guidelines currently assert a total cholesterol of 200 or more puts you in the borderline risk group and you should be placed on a liver-toxic statin drug even though you are otherwise healthy. A statin drug will only prevent a heart attack in 1 of 70 healthy people, and not a mortal heart attack. So most patients placed on statin drugs simply face side effects such as muscle aches, liver toxicity, memory loss, etc.

Forget that circulating cholesterol levels do not equate with cholesterol plaque, nor that only 3% of arterial plaque is cholesterol while 50% is calcium. Modern cardiology has conducted one of the largest hoaxes with the cholesterol scam. It ensures there are high numbers of patients to treat and never lowers the number of heart attacks.

**Edna_E** · 06-10-2008, 10:37 PM

Thank you. While this article was of interest, curiosity propelled me to check out the site, which led me to an article on magnesium that should prove interesting to my doctor - it is a potential explanation for a number of symptoms for which he has been unable to come up with an explanation. I also found info on cholesterol to be quite interesting, since I have recently been started on statin drugs and yet show no sign of building plaque in my arteries. So, while I thank you for the article, even more I thank you for putting me on a path of discovery.