So You've Been Diagnosed With High Cholesterol ...

Published: March 4, 2008, 12:43 pm

Tags: cholesterol, health, pharmaceutical industry, heart disease, medicine

What Now?Your doctor may be telling you that "high cholesterol" leads to heart disease and is recommending statin drug therapy. Well before you fill that prescription please get all of the facts.More or more evidence is surfacing pointing to the fact that statin drugs have little or no benefit and, in worse case scenarios, cause dangerous side effects.If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with high cholesterol Maggie Mahar's article, "The Cholesterol Con -- Where Were The Doctors" is a must read. In it she raises the question: "When everyone from the makers of Mazola Corn Oil to the Popes of Cardiology assured us that virtually anyone could ward off heart disease by lowering their cholesterol, why didn't more of our doctors raise an eyebrow and warn us: 'Actually, that's not what the research shows'?"Ms. Mahar's article explains the faulty science used to directly link high cholesterol to heart attacks and shows just who profited from this deception. The article states:No

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