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To: Rennes Templar
The entire cholesterol issue is junk science, motivated by greedy pharmaceuticals.

No offense but that sounds exactly like moonbat reasoning. Many if not most heart surgeons consider bad cholesterol to be enemy numero uno. Now a moonbat will say the doctors are part of the conspiracy but personally I suspect that besides water everything we consume has benefits and costs and we'll never reach the end of these studies.

11 posted on 03/29/2008 1:52:52 PM PDT by bkepley
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To: bkepley
Those docs prescribing drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol know that the correlation between heart disease and cholesterol levels is not proven--it's even on the med's readout in tiny print.

They have been able to get reliable evidence from the raising of "good" cholesterol.

16 posted on 03/29/2008 2:01:56 PM PDT by Mamzelle (Time for Conservatives to go Free Agent)
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To: bkepley

Moonbat reasonong? Oh that’s right doctor knows best. Let’s see ulcers are caused by stress, spicy foods, alcohol, etc.. Oops that was yesterday now we know it is bacteria. Cancer isn’t caused by viruses...oops it actually can be. Salt causes high blood pressure, caffeine is bad, radon kills, should I go on about discredited medical wisdom. Cholesteral is right up there with global warming.

Over half of of heart attack victims have no blockage. The vast majority of people with high cholesteral never have heart problems.

Interesting enough that the same bacteria responsible for plaque in arteries is the same one found on your teeth. Could flouride prevent heart decay?


26 posted on 03/29/2008 2:10:25 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: bkepley

It is becoming common knowledge that INFLAMMATION is a bigger problem than cholesterol....or it SHOULD be....but, I’m not sure there’s enough money in the drugs for inflammation....


80 posted on 03/29/2008 4:33:45 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character; Being Coddled Destroys Character)
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