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Old Wed, Sep-12-18, 05:36
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Default LDL-C Does Not Cause Cardiovascular Disease

LDL-C Does Not Cause Cardiovascular Disease: a comprehensive review of current literature

Drs. David Diamond and Malcom Kendrick are amongst the authors.


https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs...33.2018.1519391

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Introduction

For half a century, a high level of total cholesterol (TC) or low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) has been considered to be the major cause of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD), and statin treatment has been widely promoted for cardiovascular prevention. However, there is an increasing understanding that the mechanisms are more complicated, and that statin treatment, in particular when used as primary prevention, is of doubtful benefit.

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The authors of three large reviews recently published by statin advocates have attempted to validate the current dogma. This paper delineates the serious errors in these three reviews as well as other obvious falsifications of the cholesterol hypothesis.

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Our search for falsifications of the cholesterol hypothesis confirms that it is unable to satisfy any of the Bradford Hill criteria for causality, and that the conclusions of the authors of the three reviews are based on misleading statistics, exclusion of unsuccessful trials and by ignoring numerous contradictory observations.



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Old Sat, Sep-15-18, 12:52
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Thanks for this. I have an appointment for the second time this year and I suspect it's to check my cholesterol again. Suspect my Dr., who I really like, has statins on his mind. Uh-uh.
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Old Sat, Sep-15-18, 13:26
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Dr Bret Scher writes more about it...but confusing.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/does-cho...w-study-says-no

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Does cholesterol cause heart disease? New study says no

Does LDL cause heart disease? The debate rages on, and now we have another publication questioning the role of LDL as the primary cause of heart attacks and strokes.

A new study published in Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology reviewed data from over 1 million individuals and concluded that LDL does not cause heart disease. This is in direct contradiction to recent publication European Society of Cardiology stating that LDL does directly cause heart disease.

Irish Times: No evidence that high cholesterol causes heart disease

Who is correct, and how do we know what is best for our long-term health?

It’s complicated. That’s the answer nobody wants.


......article continues. Long review giving both sides
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