Cholesterol
healthy skeptic articles
- Study Reveals Doubt on Cholesterol Drug
- Three Eggs a Day Keep the Doctor Away!
- The Truth About Statin Drugs
- Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause Heart Disease
- Low-carb Diet Best for Weight Loss
- Statins for Pregnant Women and Kids?
- How to Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease
- Research Alert: Antidepressants & Cholesterol
- Inflammation Worsens Danger of Heart Disease
- More on Statin Side Effects
- Three More Studies That Should Make You Skeptical of Mainstream Health Advice
- More Silly Shenanigans Against Saturated Fat
- Have Some Butter With Your Veggies!
- New Study Puts Final Nail in the “Saturated Fat Causes Heart Disease” Coffin
- The Most Important Thing You Probably Don’t Know About Cholesterol
- Ten Steps to Preventing Heart Disease Naturally
Offsite Articles
- What’s Wrong With ‘Politically Correct’ Nutrition?, Weston A. Price Foundation
- The Soft Science of Dietary Fat, by Gary Taubes
- The Skinny on Fats, by Sally Fallon & Mary Enig, Ph.D
- The Oiling of America, by Mary Enig, Ph.D
- High Cholesterol & Heart Disease: Myth or Truth?, by Chris Masterjohn
Websites
- The Weston A. Price Foundation (excellent information about nutrition)
- The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (group of physicians and researchers worldwide who challenge the “cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis
- Cholesterol and Health (excellent, research-based website focused on debunking popular myths about cholesterol and heart disease)
- Nourishing Our Children (must see for parents)
- Wise Food Ways (see section on “where the wise foods are” for local food resources)
- Eat Wild (for locating grass-fed meat and dairy products)
- Real Milk (for health benefits of raw dairy products)
Books
- The Cholesterol Myths, by Uffe Ravnskov M.D., Ph.D (written by a physician with a Ph.D in statistics; Dr. Ravnskov has been an independent researcher debunking the myths of cholesterol and saturated fat since the 70s)
- The Great Cholesterol Con, by Anthony Colpo (*over 1400 references, but easy to read as well; highly recommended)
- The Great Cholesterol Con, by Malcom Kendrick M.D. (lucid and humorous; a great introduction)
- The Fluoride Deception, by Christopher Bryson (a lucid and well-researched analysis of the dangers of fluoride)
- Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon (the “bible” of traditional, whole-foods nutrition; information & recipes)
- Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition & Craft of Live-Culture Foods, by Sandor Katz (the best book on fermentation and live-culture foods I know of)
- Full Moon Feast, by Jessica Prentice (an excellent introduction to the native nutrition lifestyle & a fantastic cookbook)
