The majority of medical doctors, the legislators and most of the public believe cholesterol levels above 200 make it dangerous; therefore cholesterol should be lowered.
Lowering cholesterol is believed to reduce the incidence of heart attack and stroke. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Good scientific studies demonstrate that half those in the normal range of 150 to 200 have as many heart attacks and stroke as those with cholesterol over 200.
Julian Whitaker, M.D. reports in his June 2008 HEALTH & HEALING Newsletter:”As for statin drugs, for most of the 40 million Americans recommended to take them for the rest of their lives, they’re an ineffective, expensive, side effect-riddled fraud.”
The truth of the matter is that …
