Perhaps most frightening of all, however, is the frequent message in the news and the medical community about how more people “need” to take statin drugs to control the growing "epidemic" of high cholesterol. There is no denying that high cholesterol is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease, stroke, and myocardial infarction. The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 20 percent of all strokes and more than 50 percent of all heart attacks can be linked to high cholesterol.

Dzugan Method acknowledges the seriousness of cholesterol, but we also believe a cause of excess cholesterol is a multi-hormone deficiency for many individuals.

Why do we belive this? Take a look at the figure above. Did you notice how many hormones, pregnenolone, DHEA, cortisol, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogens are made from cholesterol? When we are deficient in these hormones, as eventually happens in most people after the age of 35, our bodies may be responding by overproducing cholesterol in an attempt to restore a healthy hormone balance.

A result? High cholesterol.