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Read what cholesterol does in the body, then read the side effects on a statin label, and they match like a confession. What cholesterol does: - Builds the brain, which hoards a quarter of the body's supply - Wraps every nerve in its insulation - Builds the connections your memories are stored in - Lines every muscle cell - Makes testosterone, oestrogen and progesterone - Makes cortisol, the hormone that gets you through stress - Helps turn sunlight into vitamin D - Makes the bile that digests your fat - Patches up damaged cells What the statin label warns of: - Memory loss - Confusion - Nerve damage in the hands and feet - Muscle pain and weakness - Muscle breaking down into the bloodstream - Raised blood sugar and type 2 diabetes - Raised liver enzymes The drug works by jamming the liver's cholesterol factory, and the same production line makes CoQ10, the spark plug in every cell's engine. A review found statins lower testosterone too. The side effects read like a delivery map of everywhere the cholesterol was needed.