{"id":63207,"date":"2026-01-20T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63207"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:50:51","slug":"exposing-the-cholesterol-statin-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63207","title":{"rendered":"Exposing The Cholesterol\/Statin Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eye-opening interview with Dr. Sarah Myhill exposing the cholesterol myth! &#8220;Statins are not rooted in research or science. They are rooted in propaganda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cholesterol is ESSENTIAL\u2014your body needs it for hormones, vitamin D, cell membranes, brain function, and more. It&#8217;s not the villain we&#8217;ve been sold.<\/p>\n<p>Statins? They block vital pathways (like CoQ10 production), leading to muscle pain, fatigue, accelerated aging, and mitochondrial damage\u2014while the &#8216;benefits&#8217; are overhyped and not commensurate with cholesterol reduction alone. The trillion-dollar statin empire thrives on fear, not facts.<\/p>\n<p>Time to rethink heart health: focus on real causes like inflammation, poor diet, and mitochondrial dysfunction\u2014not aggressively lowering a natural, life-sustaining substance.<\/p>\n<p>Share this vital information with family &amp; friends who are taking harmful statin drugs. Bookmark for future sharing!<\/p>\n<p>View:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ValerieAnne1970\/status\/2012872601744605440?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/ValerieAnne1970\/status\/2012872601744605440?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eye-opening interview with Dr. Sarah Myhill exposing the cholesterol myth! &#8220;Statins are not rooted in research or science. They are rooted in propaganda.&#8221; Cholesterol is ESSENTIAL\u2014your body needs it for hormones, vitamin D, cell membranes, brain function, and more. It&#8217;s not the villain we&#8217;ve been sold. Statins? They block vital pathways (like CoQ10 production), leading &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63207\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exposing The Cholesterol\/Statin Myth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63208,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63207\/revisions\/63208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}