As I told you in my previous newsletter we (16 international experts and myself) have documented that people older than 60 years live longer if their ”bad” LDL-cholesterol is high. I also told you about the critical comments from supporters …
For many years it has been known that high cholesterol becomes a minor risk factor with increasing age. As I pointed out long ago many studies have even shown, that people with high cholesterol live the longest. Supporters of the …
Elderly people with high LDL-cholesterol, the ”bad” one, live the longest! Read more »
The surprised ones Even those who recommend statin treatment have understood that its benefit is minuscule, in particular for people without previous cardiovascular disease (so-called primary prevention) and they are therefore looking after alternative drugs. Many studies have shown that …
The surprised and the desperate cholesterol-guys Read more »
In a recent Danish paper published in European Heart Journal the authors claimed, that negative statin-related news stories decrease statin persistence and increase myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality. It was based on the fact, that early statin discontinuation by some …
January 2016 Do you know that on average statin treatment is unable to prolong your life by more than a few days. This was what Danish researchers found out after having analysed all statin trials, where the authors had recorded …
November 2015 Recently medical journalist Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise, published a paper in British Medical Journal criticizing the expert report behind the new set of US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Read also the many responses to her …
October 2015 In my February 2015 Newsletter I told you about our paper “How statistical deception created the appearance that statins are safe and effective in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease”. We are happy to know that it has been mentioned and commented …
The Cholesterol campaign under attack
Good and Bad Christmas News
Publicerad den 11/01/2014 av Uffe Ravnskov During the last 3-4 decades we have seen a type-2 diabetes epidemic in almost all countries. It started a few years after the introduction of the dietary guidelines in the late seventies according to …
November 2014 – A sad story about diabetic kidney disease Read more »