Statins are welcomed by British Heart Foundation,but why ?

With a lot of media speculation surrounding the effectiveness of these cholesterol busting drugs why is the British heart foundation so pro Statin use? We can only see that medical trails conducted by pharmaceutical firms are behind this drive to see heart sufferers be prescribed pills rather than a change in lifestyle & diet, evidence of this was published in a 400 page document submitted by a French Dr who was also an MP.

Study into the dangerous of stain drugs but they are still being prescribed by GP's

Cholesterol-lowering Statin drugs significantly increase a person’s risk of cataracts, muscle weakness, liver dysfunction and kidney failure, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
The study also confirmed that the drugs lower the risk of heart disease and esophageal cancer, but claims of other health benefits were unsupported.
Researchers from Nottingham University examined data on more than 2 million patients between the ages of 30 and 84, seen at 38 different general practices, who had been prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drugs. More than 70 percent were taking simvastatin (Zocor), 22.3 percent were taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), 3.6 percent were taking pravastatin (Pravachol, Selektine), 1.9 percent were taking rosuvastatin (Crestor) and 1.4 percent were taking fluvastatin (Canef, Lescol, Lochol, Vastin).

Statins cause Cardiac myopathy & renal failure but herbs cause no side effects

The researchers confirmed prior data suggesting that statins increase patients’ risk of cataracts, liver dysfunction, kidney failure and a form of muscle weakness known as myopathy. They found that for every 10,000 women treated with the drugs, 23 would develop acute kidney (renal) failure, 39 would develop myopathy, 74 would develop liver dysfunction and 309 would develop cataracts. Men suffered an even higher risk of myopathy, but their risks of the other three conditions were similar to those suffered by women.