I've yet to see any evidence to convince me that artificially lowering cholesterol has any significant impact on heart disease risk, unless a heart attack has already occurred.. then I've seen evidence that it can help prevent a second heart attack. This leads me to believe that unless heart disease is present, there is no benefit to artificially lowering cholesterol.

I've reached the conclusion that cholesterol is a potential indicator, not a causative factor. We're blaming the firemen for the fire.