Sunday, January 27, 2008

What’s Cholesterol Got to Do With It?

Driven by the fervor of the pharmaceutical industry relentlessly promoting the use of cholesterol lowering medications, doctors are advocating bringing down total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol to unaturally low levels. It is finally about time to reevaluate the key risk factors for heart disease.


Op-Ed Contributor
What’s Cholesterol Got to Do With It?
By GARY TAUBES
Published: January 27, 2008
The truth is, we’ve always had reason to question the idea that cholesterol is an agent of disease.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27taubes.html?ex=1359090000&en=8b0a1260ba521c07&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

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