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		Gene explains statins' most puzzling side effect: muscle soreness/weakness (theatlantic.com)
		2 points by bookofjoe 11 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

bookofjoe 11 months ago | [–]

https://archive.ph/HyBOE

Khelavaster 11 months ago | [–]

This is extremy misleading. Statins actually directly block cholesterol synthesis UPSTREAM of coenzyme-q10 (ubiquinol) synthesis.

Statins ultimately deplete your mitochondria of the ubiquinol they need for energy production.

Mitochondria-rich muscles feel it first.

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