[Williams]

A very good friend who knew a lot about medical research told me the studies that linked cholsesterol and hardening of the arteries were not authoratative, the medical profession ran with them anyway. He thought it was mostly genetic that many people can eat/ have high cholesterol and never have hardening of the arteries/ heart disease. However, cholesterol might still be a contributing factor to those predisposed to those conditions.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

A very good friend who knew a lot about medical research told me the studies that linked cholsesterol and hardening of the arteries were not authoratative, the medical profession ran with them anyway.

I concur, the original "cholesterol is bad study" came out of cold war Russia, and was done on captive rabbits. The 2 long term human studies done since were unconclusive(Framington) and contraindicative(Mr. Fit). The diet(Prudent) that resulted has caused more harm than good, IMO.

[Always Right]

A very good friend who knew a lot about medical research told me the studies that linked cholsesterol and hardening of the arteries were not authoratative, the medical profession ran with them anyway. He thought it was mostly genetic that many people can eat/ have high cholesterol and never have hardening of the arteries/ heart disease.

And the study that condemned eggs as the evil food was done on powdered eggs not real eggs.

[knuthom]

A very good friend who knew a lot about medical research told me the studies that linked cholsesterol and hardening of the arteries were not authoratative, the medical profession ran with them anyway.

Read Gary Taubes' book Good Calories, Bad Calories for an eye-opening look at that.