Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Went off cholesterol medicine

The last time I had my cholesterol checked I was really doing well with it. This was in September sometime. I then read that statins prohibits the absorbtion of CoQ10. CoQ10 is good for the heart and the brain. So I went off the statin drug simvastatin and started taking CoQ10. In about two weeks, maybe 2.5 weeks, depression set back in. Cholesterol medicine lowers inflammation in the body. Inflammation causes depression. I did not know this about how the cholesterol medication worked until a couple of days ago. Apparently I am still loaded with inflammation. I will continue to work on this through change of diet. And going back on the cholesterol med.
Tumeric, Zyflamend and Bromelain, for supplements
I have been eating small ammounts of cheese as well and mayo. I am allergic to both. Also I probably have metal toxicity. This alone would cause a high level of inflammation.
I also stopped taking the probiotic and digestive enzyemes that I had been taking. I am on them again. These probiotics and enzyems help digestion and lower inflammation.
Now for food I will use tumeric to put into foods. I will continue to research this.