All lipid hypothesis are junk : Cholesterol, Heart Disease Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

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Wed, Jul-21-10, 10:46

Nancy LC

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All lipid hypothesis are junk

From Dr. Harris's blog. Gotta agree with him.

http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/...sis-part-i.html

Quote:

Taking all the evidence in its totality, I’ve see no compelling use for statins for anyone if they have truly optimized their diet, and very little even if they haven’t. The benefits of statins are unrelated to their effects on “cholesterol” or lipoprotein levels, are small and are accidental.

The risk/benefit ratio and effect size of dietary modifications are likely to be superior to any of the current statin drugs.

I do believe there are dietary ways that we can minimize the risk of atherosclerosis and other inflammatory processes, minimize the risk of acute plaque rupture and thrombosis if we do have atherosclerosis, and minimize the risk of a fatal arrhythmia if these upstream steps fail

I don’t believe once you have taken these steps, that pharmacology targeted to “cholesterol” or lipoproteins has anything to add.

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Mon, Jul-26-10, 13:41

black57

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I believe that the only reason that statins are still on the pharmaceutical market is so that the medical community don't look like a bunch of idiots.

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Mon, Jul-26-10, 14:15

J-lo carb

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The pharmaceutical companies are getting sued every day for putting horrible medications in our prescription bottles. Not all prescriptions are horrible, but we're the idiots if we don't do our own research instead of trusting the studies done by the company trying to sell their product.

I love the screw statins campaign on here. Way to put that info. out there and give people the information they need to make a good decision.