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A report by leading doctors state that the mediterranean diet is 'as effective as statins' in reducing heart attack risk. Risk for heart disease should be lowered through a healthy diet and plenty of exercise than automatically relying on drugs to fix the problem said the paper which is published on September 7. The paper is published in Prescriber.
Bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which advise doctors how to treat patients, should rely less on medication to cut cardiovascular risk. In the UK, it is estimated that 7 million people are currently taking statins with the numbers expected to rise as NICE lowers its criteria for statin suitability. Earlier, people with a 20 percent chance of getting a heart attack in the next 10 years were considered suitable for statins but the new threshold is reduced to 10 percent.
Statins have been repeatedly linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and thus their efficacy is being questioned. Few research show that "only...a limited percentage of patients benefit" from statins. It is estimated that somewhere between 1 in 50 and 1 in 200 are the actual number of people who prolong their life through statin use.
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