June 12, 2010 in Heart Disease, Medical Industrial Complex | 67 comments
Statins are the most popular drugs in history. Drug companies made $26 billion selling statins alone in 2008. 25 million Americans take them, and the number is growing each year.One reason why statins are the best-selling drug category by far is that 92% of people taking them are healthy. The FDA has approved the prescription of statins to people at low risk for heart disease and stroke, who don't even have high cholesterol. ...
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May 31, 2010 in Heart Disease, Medical Industrial Complex, Myths & Truths | 179 comments
Still think saturated fat is bad for you? Still think eating eggs raises cholesterol? Still think high cholesterol causes heart disease?If you answered yes to any of those questions, you really need to watch these videos. (But hey, you might learn something even if you answered "no".)In this presentation I:debunk the myth that eating saturated fat and cholesterol causes heart disease.
explain why LDL and total cholesterol are not useful markers for heart ...
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