As new studies are showing, there are real dangers to statin drugs. Arterial damage is not a function of cholesterol, but internal inflammation, which causes arterial scarring, and the buildup of cholesterol and plaque. The remedies on this page will not lower your cholesterol, but rather your levels of inflammation. Your cholesterol levels will lower, but not by targeting and suppressing them; rather, the body will stop sequestering it to handle inflammation.