Cholesterol - what's the truth.

[Desertthorn]

My cardiologist told me that just as many of his patients have high cholesterol as low and he just didn't believe in these statin drugs.
Then I found this article

New cholesterol guidelines for converting healthy people into patients

Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD

(Feel free to publish this site anywhere, but don´t forget to tell from where it comes)

In the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association an expert panel from the National Cholesterol Education Program has published new guidelines for "the detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol" (read the paper). Their writing seems to be an attempt to put most of mankind on cholesterol-lowering diets and drugs. To do that, they have increased the number of risk factors that demands preventive measures, and expanded the limits for the previous ones.

But not only does the panel exaggerate the risk of coronary disease and the relevance of high cholesterol, it also ignores a wealth of contradictory evidence. The panel statements reveal that its members have little clinical experience and lack basic knowledge of the medical literature, or worse, they ignore or misquote all studies that are contrary to their view.

Here come a few examples of the panel’s false statements.

As an argument for using cholesterol-lowering drugs the panel claims that twenty percent of patients with coronary heart disease have a new heart attack after ten years. But to reach that number any minor symptom without clinical significance is included.

Most people survive even a major heart attack, many with few or no symptoms after recovery. What matters is how many die and this is much less than twenty percent.

Here is the rest of the article. I know you can find just as many pro's and nays and I guess I'll never know the truth
ttp://homodiet.netfirms.com/otherssay/newguidelines.htm

[sallyseachange]

Thanks for posting this... haven't had a chance to read it all yet, but it's on my list.
I admit to a distinct wariness to statins.

[ttdriver]

Statin drugs are a multibillion dollar lining in the pockets of big pharma.

Betty