To: PennsylvaniaMom
It’s very confusing. First, it’s hereditary so all the exercise in the world and eating cardboard does nothing. My Mother had very high cholesterol and never took any medicine. She died from lung cancer. My brother who eats great and stays in shape but has high chol. swears by Lipitor. Me, I’m undecided. Tried flaxseed once a day but doesn’t agree with me.
51 posted on
03/08/2012 10:15:31 AM PST by
bluerose
(Newt Gingrich or Santorum and Col. Allen West for VP!)
To: bluerose
Inflammation. As Spock would say “fascinating.”
52 posted on
03/08/2012 10:19:47 AM PST by
PennsylvaniaMom
(Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.)
To: bluerose
53 posted on
03/08/2012 10:20:26 AM PST by
bluerose
(Newt Gingrich or Santorum and Col. Allen West for VP!)
To: LS
Heads up to you for the first part of Rush’s second hour today. It’s about the cholesterol controversy.
54 posted on
03/08/2012 10:21:08 AM PST by
stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
To: bluerose
Let me suggest an amazing book by Gary Tabues, who now writes for "Reason" but did write for "Science": "Good Calories, Bad Calories." He shows that it's one thing to have a "study," but if it's not double-blind/control group/peer reviewed, it is not likely to be worth anything. Merely "observing" groups and reporting that as science doesn't mean squat. Anyway, Taubes shows that it's carbs, carbs, carbs that are the threat, not meat, not butter, and not even cholesterol.
I deal with this in my book "Seven Events that Made America America" and look at how the fat/cholesterol/meat explanation soon became the villain in the whole obesity debate. It was political from the get-go.
108 posted on
03/08/2012 12:33:20 PM PST by
LS
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