The Cholesterol Myth
My blood (LDL or total) cholesterol has gone up on the diet. Does this mean that I am at increased risk of developing a heart attack and so need to take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug? The evidence is that the average response of the blood (LDL or total) cholesterol concentration to an increased fat intake […]
Ansel Keys’ Cholesterol Con, Part 5. by Prof Noakes
How an insecure and unproven hypothesis became a global unchallenged dogma. The ultimate victory of commerce over science. 1957: The first results from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) are reported. Nine years after the FHS had been initiated as a result of President Truman’s action in signing US National Heart Act into law, the first […]