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The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9781844543601
ISBN: 1844543609
Label: John Blake
Manufacturer: John Blake
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: January 01, 2007
Publisher: John Blake
Studio: John Blake
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Rating:  - Lets be reasonable
So it turns out that Big pharma, and your doctor are conspiring to worsen your health so that they can make money.
Can I ask How???
If big pharma is fabricating research about cholesterol to convince doctors to prescribe statins to improve your health...how are they in conspiracy??
Do you really think that all the drugs are bad and you are better off with natural remedies...then let me ask you this ....do you think if any of these natural remedies was as wonderful ... Read More
Rating: - Make up your own mind whether to take statins rather than follow either bias view
Choose whether to take statins based on the evidence below rather than be swayed by the bias in this book (which I would say is worse than the drug industry) .
Heres a summary of the most important research data
CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT TRIALISTS COLLABORATION META-ANALYSIS OF ALL THE DATA. LANCET 2005:366:1267
Secondary prevention (meaning if you've already got some form of cardiovascular disease):Number needed to treat (NNT):21 over 5 years to prevent ... Read More
Rating:  - Could be a lot better
At first glance this book seems very well researched and written, and essential reading for anyone taking statins or concerned about cholesterol levels.
Dr Kendrick criticises research into the saturated fat - cholesterol - heart disease link, on the basis that most of the researchers involved in this field had set out to prove this link rather than studying it objectively. The author then seems to apply similarly biased thinking to try to prove his own theory that stress is the primary cause ... Read More
Rating:  - Another coffin nail for the fat/cholesterol theory of heart disease
It is remarkable that the fat-cholesterol hypothesis of heart disease gained such an established place in US medicine, culture, and popular consciousness, despite a lack of any -strong- evidence to support the theories (including that "bad cholesterol" causes heart disease) and despite sometimes stronger evidence against the theories. The emergence into broader understanding of insulin resistance around the year 2000 was a watershed in the demise of these two theories. I believe the last two months will be ... Read More
Rating: - An eye opener but tough to get through at times
The physiological information in this book is invaluable. I am convinced that stress is the root of many of the symptoms currently identified as "risk factors" for heart attacks and strokes. Since he is Scottish, and I am American, the use of the metric system makes it a bit confusing at times, but I just read along assuming that the numbers supported his claim. He spends much of the book refuting the most commonly held beliefs of the public and even most mainstream physicians and dieticians as to the causes, ... Read More
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