Statins have side effects? You don’t say!

In one of the slowest reversals in history, the mainstream is finally ready to acknowledge that there are some real problems with cholesterol meds.

Researchers looked at data on more than 2 million Brits, and found that statin users faced higher levels of liver dysfunction, kidney failure, cataracts and that most famous side effect, debilitating muscle weakness.

They could have saved themselves a lot of time and trouble if they had read the Daily Dose!

But hold on a second, because this is about to get crazy. Despite all those side effects reported in the new study, the commentary published with it in the British Medical Journal says you should go ahead and keep taking your statins anyway.

I’m guessing they didn’t even bother to read this study, which found that for every 10,000 women treated with these meds, there are 74 cases of liver dysfunction, 23 patients who suffer acute kidney failure, 307 cases of cataracts and 39 cases of myopathy — better known as severe, debilitating and often irreversible muscle pain.

The Nottingham University researchers found similar rates in men in nearly all those categories except for the muscle problems — men get twice as many of those. More muscles, more problems.

The researchers say the risks tend to be higher in the first year, but you don’t have to wait that long to see if this drug is going to ruin your life — because you don’t need it in the first place.

Most people don’t have a cholesterol problem, just a doctor who thinks cholesterol is a problem. Then it’s off to the races, chasing after a meaningless number — an endless run through a maze with no cheese at the center.

Even worse, these drugs can bring your cholesterol down to dangerously LOW levels.

Understanding cholesterol is pretty simple: If you’re eating a low-carb diet and your total cholesterol is between 200 and 300, you’ve got nothing to worry about beyond choosing tonight’s prime cut.

And if it’s lower than that, get some fats into your system… because you’re in dangerous territory.