As mentioned in section 4 cholesterol-lowering by itself does not prolong your life. In the experiments, that have shown this fact beyond all doubt, cholesterol-lowering was performed by diet or by use of various older drugs such as clofibrate (Atromidin), …
The effect of the statins is not due to cholesterol-lowering Read more »
Those who propagate for a low-fat diet and cholesterol-lowering drugs claim that there is general agreement about the diet-heart idea. Nothing could be more wrong. Here follows, in alphabetic order, a selection of critical scientists. Mary Enig was an international …
In the numerous reviews written by upholders of the diet-heart idea it is often said that this idea is based on ”strong, scientific data”, the evidence is ”overwhelming” or ”extremely powerful” and ”controversy is unjustified”. If you have read the …
This statement seems so incredible that it takes a long time to clear one´s brainwashed mind to fully understand its importance. Yet the fact that people with high cholesterol live the longest emerges clearly from many scientific papers.1 But let …
November 2015 Recently medical journalist Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise, published a paper in British Medical Journal criticizing the expert report behind the new set of US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Read also the many responses to her …
October 2015 In my February 2015 Newsletter I told you about our paper “How statistical deception created the appearance that statins are safe and effective in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease”. We are happy to know that it has been mentioned and commented …
The Cholesterol campaign under attack
Good and Bad Christmas News
Publicerad den 11/01/2014 av Uffe Ravnskov During the last 3-4 decades we have seen a type-2 diabetes epidemic in almost all countries. It started a few years after the introduction of the dietary guidelines in the late seventies according to …
November 2014 – A sad story about diabetic kidney disease Read more »
November 2014 During the last 3-4 decades we have seen a type-2 diabetes epidemic in almost all countries. It started a few years after the introduction of the dietary guidelines in the late seventies according to which we should exchange …