Re: Cholesterol

From: "Juhana Harju" <shantigiriorama@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:48:59 +0200

William Wagner wrote:
::: jonaheal@xxxxxxxxx wrote in news:1142118247.551103.279940
::: @i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
:::
:::: How bad is high cholesterol ? There is official story about LDL,
:::: HDL etc. Then there is cholesterol myth ( Dr Ravnskov ) group
:::: saying it all makes no sense, and whole theory is wrong. Does
:::: anybody have any real data, personal experiences or from people
:::: they know ? ( Looking for correlation of high/low LDL/HDL and
:::: cardio problems ).
:
: JH look at http://www.ti.ubc.ca/pages/letter.html
:
: Pages 48 & 49 in particular.

High cholesterol as a risk factor and statins as a therapy are different
things.

--
Juhana

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