http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in629058.shtml

I really had a feeling the new recommendations were bogus. A recommendation from the American Heart Association -- the same people that gave us trans-fatty acid margarine and denounced butter -- that people with relatively low cholesterol should lower it even more by taking new cholesterol drugs... It stunk.

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"And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours."

I'm with you, Dr. I.

I've been watching the push for getting practically everyone on the planet on statins with great alarm. These things have side effects that can be quite serious - more serious than the possible consequences of a slightly elevated cholesterol number.

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Found this today!
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2075019
Guess there not makeing enough money!

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Tanya
Way of Life since Jan 2003! First time LC'ing 272/146/130! I didn't fail, Low carb didn't fail me.. my thyroid did!

My current stats are: 285/279/260(mini goal)/130

If you really want a wake up call go to www.mercola.com and type in statins or cholesterol or any of those types of search terms. He's got a plethora of current articles on this topic.

Essentially, what I've gotten out of my reading is that hypercholesterolemia is a made up disease and that low cholesterol is every bit as dangerous (reality: moreso) as high is purported to be. In fact, there is evidence to suggest the fibromyalgia is linked to low cholesterol. I've known I had low cholesterol for years and the docs always thought it was fab. Not so...

At least now I have a clue as to why I do so much better on a high animal fat diet!

Does not surprise me at all.


Love the new picture, Maggie.

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Started Atkins on 9/20/03
235-->190; 150 goal

Thanks, Jason.

It's from my new court ID. The office of court administration was nice enough to give me a digital copy when I asked for one.

Have you settled in on the left coast and your new research yet?


(duh! never mind ... just saw the other thread you started. ***yawn*** all neurons are not on line yet. )

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