[steve86]

Let’s throw out 50 years of peer-reviewed published research and instead go with some retired doc who sells T-shirts, 9/11 conspiracy books, and “channeling” seminars on the sidebar. Yes, of course, eat less processed food but that isn’t the answer for most.

[org.whodat]

LOL, who was the old hippie that said eating trees would make you live forever, I think he is in the same place as the doc that said starving yourself helped also.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It took an awful long time for these “peers” to notice that hydrogenated fats like Crisco really weren’t all that wonderful for you in spite of being all vegetable. That said, I don’t think the doc is doing anything but summarizing the most modern biological understanding.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A lot of the global warming stuff is peer-reviewed, too, but that doesn’t mean we dismiss S. Fred Singer as a crackpot.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Let’s throw out 50 years of peer-reviewed published research” <<

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Just one set of liars supporting another.

A liar’s peer is another liar. The results speak for themselves; polyunsaturated oils do cause type II diabetes, and probably alzheimers too.

[PA Engineer]

Let’s throw out 50 years of peer-reviewed published research and instead go with some retired doc who sells T-shirts, 9/11 conspiracy books, and “channeling” seminars on the sidebar. Yes, of course, eat less processed food but that isn’t the answer for most.

Maybe you have not been keeping of with "peer-reviewed" research. You can start with:

High Ratio of Triglycerides to HDL-Cholesterol Predicts Extensive Coronary Disease

Cardiovascular and Hormonal Aspects of Very-Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diets

Endothelial inflammation in insulin resistance

Here is a quick summary. Cholesterol is not the enemy. It was insane to identify it as the culprit for heart disease to begin with. The relationship was not causation, but association. Cholesterol is a marker and reflects an inflammatory response. This inflammatory response is prevalent in metabolic syndrome or syndrome X. Metabolic syndrome is a precursor to Type II diabetes. Type II diabetes is insulin resistance. Insulin resistance results in increased Triglyceride lipid levels. Insulin resistance and increased Triglyceride levels are associated with endothelial inflammation or vascular heart disease. Cholesterol is the bodies way of repairing the arterial walls. The constant repair of the arterial wall results ultimately in blockage. Blockage results in heart attacks.

Lower Cholesterol is the same as a fire department going to the house to put out the smoke. Now go back to the NIH and the 7 year statin study. There was a big problem. At the end of this big study there was no evidence that statins saved lives. The opposite was actually found. People died of other "natural" causes. Specifically cancer became a risk factor and people were still dying of heart disease. How did the NIH resolve this? They came up with an entire new school of statistics involving "relative lives saved." Not actual, but a nebulous relative predictor. From that conclusion we were off and running with statins.

Now you need to go back to how our government handled dietary guidelines and specifically the food pyramid. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and Type II diabetes were low prior to the pyramid adoption. Afterwards during the following decades these disorders began to track to the epidemic proportions they are today. Did I mention that the food pyramid was not "peer-reviewed", but adopted by government fiat under the McGovern commission during the peanut farmer Carter years. Many Cardiologist were furious about this. I wonder why?

The end effect of the food pyramid was to load up the American diet with carbohydrates. It does not matter if it is a grain or sugar. The end result in the Krebs cycle is the same. The pyramid required that Americans change their diets to a carbohydrate based one versus a balanced fat, protein and carbohydrates. There really should have been no surprise what the end result would be on insulin levels.

Finally and especially over the past 10 years the issue of a carbohydrate based diet is getting further attention by medical researchers. Just Google or Bing Triglycerides and Very Low Carbohydrate (VLC) diet. Here is one random pick:

Study Shows Low-Carb Diet Improves Cholesterol.

This study is from Duke. Now let's be honest. Is this a 9/11 truther site?

It is getting late. On a final note I would add that no one should be taking statins unless they truly have familial hypercholesterolemia. Sadly, even the levels for this diagnosis have been corrupted. If you don't have this disorder than the important thing is to lower your Triglyceride levels with Niacin and VLC diets. It just works. The ratio to be attained is <2.0.

[fortheDeclaration]

Oh, like doctors haven’t been wrong before!

[Eric Blair 2084]

“Peer reviewed” = Your fellow academic grant junkie read your report and concluded that it wouldn’t threaten the gravy train of taxpayer funded research grants. You can keep making the lease payment on your Mercedes Benz E350.