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The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy that Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease |  | Author: Uffe Ravnskov
Publisher: NewTrends Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 136303
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0967089700
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.12071
EAN: 9780967089706
ASIN: 0967089700
Publication Date: October 1, 2000
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A highly qualified doctor and scientist analyzes the studies used to justify the cholesterol hypothesis and demonstrates that the idea that animal fats and cholesterol cause heart disease is based on flimsy, even fraudulent evidence and wishful thinking. Includes a discussion on the dangers of vegetable oils and cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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 Now I understand May 30, 2009
DT (Scottsdale, AZ USA)
Read with an open mind and learn! You will find that cholesterol has a purpose in the body and that radical, quick elimination of it can cause even greater damage and death. Cholesterol is not the issue, but a result of the "real" issue - weak veins! Cure the weak veins and cholesterol natural goes away!! How simple - how real - how hidden by the AMA to keep selling drugs that cause more damage! Before you go on statins, read this book and find a naturopathic cardiologist. Statins will not prevent heart disease - read the book and see why.
Ira Edwards, Author of HONEST NUTRITION December 29, 2008
Ira M. Edwards
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not much more can be said after many thoughtful positive reviews of this very profound book. I read the six 1-star and 2-star reveiws, and it appears most of them misjudged the book so badly that they may not have read it. In the end, all of the negative reviewers actually agreed that cholesterol mania is wrong. I was impressed that there was not even one careful or authoratative review that refuted anything in THE CHOLESTEROL MYTHS. Now that this book is our of print, updated information should be available in a new book THE CHOLESTEROL CON by Malcolm Kendrick.
Cholesterol -the hidden truths October 3, 2008
J. Davis (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book.Dr Ravsnkov exposes many flaws in the research that has been done to support the belief that high cholesterol causes heart disease. A very comprehensive approach that enables us to examine the research behind the supposed cholesterol-heart link.In doing this it also acts as a warning to those of us not involved in research, how we cannot always rely on the scientific community to reach an objective conclusion.
It becomes clear that we have all been misled about this due to either the incompetence of those involved or their being influenced by commercial pressures to maintain this myth.A very important book that should have been given more public attention.
Narrow thesis, well researched and well proven September 18, 2008
J. H. Matthews (Durham, NC, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're a healthcare provider and you want to examine for yourself the simple research facts behind the "lipid hypothesis" of coronary heart disease, this is the best book available. Other books more suited to heart patients examine alternative hypotheses and consider nutritional studies and lay out diet recommendations, but this book maintains a laser-like focus.
From page one the author never wavers from his task of "exposing the fallacy that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease." One by one, the author debunks each of nine falsehoods commonly circulated about the "lipid hypothesis" of coronary heart disease (quoting the table of contents): 1. That high-fat foods cause heart disease, 2. That high cholesterol causes heart disease, 3. That high-fat foods raise blood cholesterol, 4. That cholesterol blocks arteries, 5. That animal studies proves the diet-heart idea, 6. That lowering your cholesterol will lengthen your life, 7. That polyunsaturated fats are good for you, 8. That the cholesterol campaign is based on good science and 9. That all scientists support the diet-heart idea.
Ravnskov takes a close look at each of the studies commonly used to back up these falsehoods. He pokes holes in each study and points out where the authors of numerous studies reach conclusions in their summaries that aren't warranted by the data they collected. All references are documented, and the author encourages the reader to go examine the data for herself.
Ravnskov is not an advocate. He's not out to tell you what to eat. He's a physician and a scientist with a good background in epidemiology who's flabbergasted that 30 years of negative studies are not enough to discredit a really bad hypothesis. He not only thoroughly discredits the lipid hypothesis, but he does it in a more concise and focused manner than his successors.
I just wish another publishing house would re-issue this book because it's out of print right now.
No Longer Being Published August 17, 2008
Pitt
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with most of the other reviewers that this book exposes the truth about the misconceptions that the medical and pharmaceutical industry has foisted on the public regarding cholesterol and heart disease. I also wonder why the book is no longer being published here. Could it be that too much pressure has been applied to the publisher by this same industry? After all, they stand to lose billions in profit each year if they are exposed for what they are. And I thought the tobacco industry was bad.
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