« high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, and cigarette use. Large studies in the 1960s and 1970s, such as the well-known Framingham Heart Study, had established these links. »

Oh really? Let's quote Uffe Ravnskov (www.ravnskov.nu):

«A common message from the American Heart Association and The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to doctors is that there exist a close correspondence between degree of cholesterol lowering and degree of mortality reduction. Listen for example to the words from The Cholesterol Facts (114): ”The results of the Framingham study indicate that a 1% reduction of cholesterol corresponds to a 2% reduction in CHD (coronary heart disease) risk.” This statement was followed by a reference to a paper which reported the 30 years experience from Framingham (115).

But in that paper you can read the following statement:
”For each 1 mg/dl drop of cholesterol there was an 11% increase (!) in coronary and total mortality.” »

The Framingham study's results debunked the diet-heart idea, but it is still quote as being supportive of that idea...

What I read from that article was that there really is plenty of confusion in the medical world about heart disease, and that they almost flat out admit that they don't know how to prevent it...