Excerpts from amazon reviews of “Fat and Cholesterol are GOOD for You!”

 The title is so politically incorrect, it may turn some people off from reading the book. This would be a mistake, because the message of the book is well documented with solid evidence that our treatment of high-cholesterol is creating a nation of sick people as we enrich the pockets of the drug companies.

 A rare talent is to be able to describe subject matter that requires a deep technical knowledge while making it accessible and easy to understand for the lay person. Dr Ravnskov is the expert's own expert. He describes the cholesterol/heart disease hypothesis and explains it in very clear terms, so that ordinary people can understand what is involved. 

Ravnskov would look at the data in the medical papers and see whether those data matched the Abstract and Conclusions, finding often a disconnect. He is one of the few who would search the references of a paper to see whether the purpose the paper cited was actually supported by the content of the paper; often it was not. 

Every study, to which Dr Ravnskov refers, in this meticulously referenced book, is broken down and explained in terms with which the lay reader will be familiar. 

The story of 'bad' and 'good' cholesterol is unravelled piece by piece and I found it hard to put the book down. It was like reading a good detective novel, with small clues being found throughout the plot. 

If nothing else, reading this book will remind you of the joy of eating foods that contain fat. I am considerably happier now that I can eat fat containing foods again. Full fat cheeses, Meats, Jersey Cream milk, Eggs and Fried Bacon. Mmmmm.... lovely! :-) 

hat makes this book special is that the author (Uffe Ravnskov,MD,PHD), doesn't just give his opinion, but explains in detail with many examples, why eating fat and having high cholesterol is not only not bad for us, but is acually good for us! 

Its really somewhat breathaking to consider the ease with which the advocates of the saturated fat,cholesterol, heart disease progression have been able to dodge and dismiss the body of findings that undermine their hypothesis.