There was a cardiologist who wrote a book about suger being the main cause. Sugar causes inflammation of the blood vessels which the cholesterol sticks too.
Seems like diseases like Alzheimers have to be environmental or diet related.
Since I've heard the statement, I've talked with other people who have parents suffering from dementia. Out of three other friends, all three of them have discovered that their parents also have been on a steady schedule of lipitor for at least a decade.
Maybe we'll be seeing the BAD DRUG commercials for lipitor/Alzheimer's soon.
The disease has little to no hereditary or lifestyle causes. Columnists Ann Landers & Abigail Van Buren were identical twins with identical lifestyles. One acquired Alzheimers, one did not.