Monday, June 13, 2016

Does High Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease ???

A new study says the answer is NO:

A review of research involving nearly 70,000 people found there was no link between what has traditionally been considered “bad” cholesterol and the premature deaths of over 60-year-olds from cardiovascular disease.

Published in the BMJ Open journal, the new study found that 92 percent of people with a high cholesterol level lived longer.

The authors have called for a re-evaluation of the guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis, a hardening and narrowing of the arteries, because “the benefits from statin treatment have been exaggerated”.

You can read the rest @
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/12/high-cholesterol-does-not-cause-heart-disease-new-research-finds/

I expect the drug companies and their minions to pooh-pooh this study. After all, they've got pills to sell ... and expensive homes and cars to pay for.

By the way, I take statins for high cholesterol. I'm not going to stop solely on the basis of this report.

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