Is Bad Cholesterol Bad?

[SkyRider]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/contro...sterol-does-not-cause-heart-disease-1.2944698

 

[explorerzip]

"The researchers suggest their findings could mean that taking cholesterol-lowering medications called statins may be a waste of time and that “the benefits from statin treatment have been exaggerated.”

Pfizer will have a response to this study very soon I'm sure.

 

[barnacler]

Inflammation is beginning to be seen as the real cause of heart disease.

And from what I have read it is far more important to have good cholesterol than to NOT have bad cholesterol.


http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/05/28/cholesterol-heart.aspx

"The fixation on cholesterol as a major cause of heart disease defies the last 15 years of science and deflects from real causes such as the damage (via glycation) that sugars such as glucose and fructose inflict on tissues, including the lining of arteries, causing chronic inflammation and resultant plaque. "

 

[SkyRider]

Now they are saying Vitamin D may not be as helpful as originally thought.

The real heartbreaker was when they said alcohol is not really helpful.

At the end of the day, I think the most important factor are your genes.