HEALTH MATTERS
levels. Amazingly, no further research was done to confirm Dr. Keys’ findings, or to try and reproduce them.
Enter statin drugs and the prevalence by which they are prescribed now on a daily basis. According to the Weston A Price foundation, during the last 20 years, the pharmaceutical industry has mounted an incredible promotional campaign–enlisting scientists, advertising agencies, the media, and the medical profession in a blitz that turned statins into one of the bestselling pharmaceuticals of all time.
Unfortunately, what most people and certainly many doctors do not know, the USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee issued a report in 2015. This report states the following:
“Previously the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that cholesterol intake be limited to no more than 300 mg/day. The 2015 guidelines will not bring forward this recommendation, because available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol, consistent with the conclusions of the AHA/ACC report. Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for over-consumption.”
We are living in a time where we cannot always trust the news and information that is disseminated to us. In our Mansfield active-aging studio, LeAnna and I always encourage our clients to do their own research. We have the world at our fingertips, and within minutes we can retrieve information from around the world to educate ourselves. I highly encourage the reading of these two books which I found quite helpful:
The Great Cholesterol Myth by Jonny Bowden, Stephen Sinatra, MD. 2015
The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy that Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease by Uffe Ravnskov, MD/PhD. 2000
"We are living in a time where we cannot always trust the news and information that is disseminated to us. ...within minutes we can retrieve information ...."