According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 1.5 million men and women were diagnosed with cancer in 2009. One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. In 2006, there were approximately 11.4 million men and women in the US who had or were fighting cancer. More and more reports are being published implicating statins and the spread of cancer.
As you read the following, keep in mind that statins are a 12.5 billion dollar industry. Currently, 16 million Americans are taking Lipitor alone. Pharmaceutical companies are targeting an additional 36 million additional potential “customers”.
Small malignant tumors need nutrients to grow, invade nearby tissues, and develop new colonies of cancer cells. To do this, the cancer cells release chemical signals to nearby blood vessels to stimulate the growth of new vessels into the cancer cells. This is called angiogenesis.
Tumor cells can also seeding metastatic sites even in the early stages of cancer detection. Most of these cells do not survive long. However, some viable cells can remain inactive and resistant to conventional therapies. These dormant cancer cells can become activated and begin to grow many years later. Your ability to do this depends on the availability of an adequate blood supply.
In a study conducted by Dr. Michael Simons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, statins, especially Zocor, were shown to promote angiogenesis, which is good for patients with cardiovascular damage, but not for the 1.3 million of individuals diagnosed with cancer each year. .
Also, all cholesterol-lowering drugs decrease the effectiveness of T cells and natural killer cells that attack malignant cells. During their clinical trials, statins caused cancer in all the laboratory animals tested. In one study, statin users had a 1500% increase in breast cancer.
A well-known study (PROSPER) reported a 25% increase in cancer among the elderly treated with pravastatin (pravachol). Other studies in women taking pravastatin showed 12 cases of breast cancer compared to just one in the untreated group. This confirmed multiple animal studies that reported the link between statins and cancer.
If you are interested in what you can do to lower your cholesterol without using statins, go to How to Correct Cholesterol Without Medications
KOLESTER is an effective cholesterol-lowering herb that my clients use in place of statins in conjunction with a cholesterol-lowering program.