Posts Tagged ‘HDL’

Cholesterol has become a word that is synonymous with unhealthy.  It is described as a sticky, oily substance that clogs our arteries and causes heart disease.  We have been led to believe that our cholesterol needs to be as low as possible and even extremely low cholesterol numbers have been suggested for “high risk” individuals.

However, these insanely low numbers could never be achieved without the use of prescription drugs.  These cholesterol lowering…

Leading doctors are questioning Western medicine’s acceptance of the whole cholesterol theory all together. The new consensus is that Americans need to shift away from cholesterol-controlling medications that try to balance LDL and HDL to prevent heart disease.  Read the Report Here.

Dr. John Abramson, of Harvard Medical School published a report in the British journal Lancet stating statin drugs are ineffective for lowering cholesterol. Furthermore, Dr. Abramson questions if any of the cholesterol guidelines are even based on …