Statins pushes people to overeating

Prolonged use of a statin leads to the fact that some patients lose control of food intake. Such unexpected conclusion the American researchers.

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Since the medication to lower cholesterol today regularly take many millions of people, scientists are increasingly interested in Information about those side effects statins About which nothing is known. Scientists from the University of California found that some consumers statins begin with time "guzzle", consuming more and more the amount of calories and fat.

According to the authors, statins psychologically relaxes some people who believe that once they take medication for cholesterol, it gives them the right to lean on fat food. Like, in this case, it is not necessary to follow a strict commandments healthy life because Statins   maintain health by themselves, that is false assumption.

During the observation of a group of people who started accept Statins , Scientists have noticed that in the first year, volunteers consumed for 2000 calories per day, which corresponds to the recommendations of nutritionists, but on Next year this number increased to 2192 calories, while continuing to grow and future. Fat intake also jumped from 72 g to 82 g per day, although experts recommend limited to a maximum of 77 g.

The average body mass index in patients treated with statins people has increased from 29 to 31, surpassing by one point indicator of a healthy weight. Increased and the incidence of diabetes, although until recently, scientists did not know what It explains the relationship of the disease, and statins. (READ MORE)

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