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Great Cholesterol Con, The - The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How To Avoid It

Great Cholesterol Con, The - The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How To Avoid It
Statins are the so-called "wonder drugs" widely prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels that claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. Many experts claim that they are completely safe and that they are also capable of preventing a whole series of other conditions. They are also the most profitable drug in the history of medicine. In this groundbreaking book, Kendrick exposes the truth behind the hype surrounding statins revealing that, for example, high cholesterol levels do not cause heart disease; a high-fat diet - saturated or otherwise - does not affect blood cholesterol levels; the "protection" provided by statins is so small to men and women that it is negligible at best; statins have many more side affects than has been often admitted and their advocates should be treated with skepticism due to their close connection to the pharmaceutical industry.

This hard-hitting investigative book lambasts the powerful pharmaceutical industry and an unquestioning medical profession as perpetrators of the largely fictional (!) concepts of “good” and “bad” cholesterol that are designed to convince millions of people to spend billions on statins, thus creating an atmosphere of stress and anxiety - the real cause of fatal heart disease.

With clarity and wit, this book debunks mainstream assumptions on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet. It is an invaluable guide for anyone who thought that statins were a miracle cure for heart disease - they are not - and an appeal to common sense and a controversial breakthrough that will set dynamite under this entire research branch.
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Author Malcolm Kendrick
Type Quality Paperback
Year 2008
Pages 285
Illustrated yes
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