The Great Cholesterol MYTH

We hear an awful lot about cholesterol these days. How dangerous it can be. How most of us have some form of ' high ' cholesterol and we better do something NOW about it. OK. Some of us have done that.

But you know what? Many of us health researchers have stumbled across reports that deny the truth of many cholesterol teachings today. I'm not talking about gossipy chit-chatter type of people either. Every so often we learn of medical professionals that question many of these teachings and much of the research findings behind many cholesterol studies. Sometimes we get the impression what we hear from some doctors came from the friendly pharmaceutical rep. The rep and his company are money motivated so we have to factor that in.

Take a look at this report and additional links from it that show some professionals have doubts about current cholesterol teachings. There are many more but this is a sample. There is NO MEDICAL ADVICE given by our postings here. This is just information that is in the news.

You must talk to your doctor about matters like this . Getting both sides of any health issue can be good for the patient. Sometimes a Second Opinion is valuable. Doctors themselves do that !

Here are a couple quotes you'll be reading:

'There's no connection whatsoever between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in blood. And we've known that all along. Cholesterol in the diet doesn't matter at all unless you happen to be a chicken or a rabbit.' Ancel Keys PhD, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota 1997.

One more from the report author:

It seems almost unbelievable that warnings about the dangers of a high cholesterol level rain down every day, when the reality is that a low cholesterol level is much more dangerous than a high level. Given this, why would anyone want to lower the cholesterol level? On the face of it, it would make more sense to take cholesterol-raising drugs. Especially after the age of 50.

Click Here for above report

Two more you might like:

http://www.thincs.org/
The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/index.html --- author is skeptical of profit-driven health information