[agere_contra]

Correlation is not cause, though...

Absolutely. But you've got to have correlation unless it's anthropogenic global warming (or another suspiciously modern piece of science that has a get-out-of-logic-free card). So if anybody has such a graph handy that would be of great interest :0)

[Blueflag]

CO2 rises before HDL ...

[Lil'freeper]

I don't have a graph handy, but I do have a review of recent research. As a society, we want very much for the simplest answers. Cause, effect. Occam's Razor can't fail, right? My read on the topic is that the idea that LDL *causes* disease is only settled in the minds of the folks making the slick TV adverts for various miracle pills. It is safe to say that atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and total mortality is a far, far more complex mix of risk factors that just a blood test and a clever number.