From the guy who wrote the book on the cholesterol con, and his case is still valid.
Total cholesterol levels didn’t make a whit of difference to coronary heart disease risk, and were in fact associated with a lower risk of stroke[1].
Oops. Bet this study won’t be getting the extravagant media coverage given to all those shonky Big Pharma-sponsored statin studies that are prematurely ended whilst the “miracle” drug is still showing a piddling but “statistically significant” advantage…
So what factors were associated with increased stroke and heart attack risk?
Only age, smoking, systolic BP, diabetes and physical activity were predictive of stroke, while age, male gender (get those iron levels checked fellas…), smoking, systolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, diabetes, BMI, physical activity, CRP, and fibrinogen were predictive of coronary heart disease.
http://anthonycolpo.com/?p=2188
This study was a relatively large epidemiological study. These studies can't show causality, only correlation, however - when there's no correlation, there's also likely to be no causation, whereas, the opposite is not true. But this study isn't the only nail in the cholesterol hypothesis of disease, it's just the latest.
More to follow on Mr. Colpo, who is one very interesting blogger, perhaps most famouse for his fiesty exchanges with practically anyone of note in the diet blogger world.
Total cholesterol levels didn’t make a whit of difference to coronary heart disease risk, and were in fact associated with a lower risk of stroke[1].
Oops. Bet this study won’t be getting the extravagant media coverage given to all those shonky Big Pharma-sponsored statin studies that are prematurely ended whilst the “miracle” drug is still showing a piddling but “statistically significant” advantage…
So what factors were associated with increased stroke and heart attack risk?
Only age, smoking, systolic BP, diabetes and physical activity were predictive of stroke, while age, male gender (get those iron levels checked fellas…), smoking, systolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, diabetes, BMI, physical activity, CRP, and fibrinogen were predictive of coronary heart disease.
http://anthonycolpo.com/?p=2188
This study was a relatively large epidemiological study. These studies can't show causality, only correlation, however - when there's no correlation, there's also likely to be no causation, whereas, the opposite is not true. But this study isn't the only nail in the cholesterol hypothesis of disease, it's just the latest.
More to follow on Mr. Colpo, who is one very interesting blogger, perhaps most famouse for his fiesty exchanges with practically anyone of note in the diet blogger world.
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