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The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It | 
 enlarge | Author: Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
Publisher: John Blake
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 31063
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 238
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1844546101
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781844546107
ASIN: 1844546101
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Statins are the so-called "wonder drugs" widely prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels that claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. Many experts claim that they are completely safe and that they are also capable of preventing a whole series of other conditions. This groundbreaking study exposes the truth behind the hype surrounding statins and reveals a number of crucial facts, including that high cholesterol levels do not cause heart disease; that high-fat diets—saturated or otherwise—do not affect blood cholesterol levels; and that for most men and all women the benefits offered by statins are negligible at best. Other data is also provided that shows that statins have many more side affects than is often acknowledged. This hard-hitting survey also points a finger at the powerful pharmaceutical industry and an unquestioning medical profession as perpetrators of the largely facetious concepts of “good” and “bad” cholesterol that are designed to convince millions of people to spend billions on statins. With clarity and wit, this appeal to common sense and scientific fact debunks common assumptions on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet, as well as the idea that there is a miracle cure for heart disease.
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 View from another medical writer January 8, 2009
In writing HONEST NUTRITION, I tried to explain the causes of heart disease. Like Dr. Kendrick, I knew that high cholesterol and high fat diets were minor factors or irrelevant, and that arterial damage was much related to inflammation and viscous blood.
Dr. Kendrick did what I tried to do, and much more. He reviewed and evaluated many research reports objectively and thoroughly, and drew out information that goes far in explaining heart disease, and explained how and why so many previous scientists and medical reporters were misled.
The role of chronic stress and adrenal hormones and the process of arterial damage and failed healing in producing plaques are well described. Unlike many medical writers, Dr. Kendrick has a remarkable understanding of biochemistry and endocrinology.
For my taste, I wish Dr. Kendrick had not used humor and sarcasm. These seemed to distract from the very good science of the book, but it makes the book highly readable for those who want entertainment along with information.
Excellent research and information December 17, 2008
This book is the most complete, referenced and informative on studies completed to support the contained information so people can make an educated decision in their own health care.
life-saving October 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bold, highly entertaining and thought-provoking. This book will change the way you think about heart disease forever. This description is on the front of the book and is absolutely spot-on. And it has probably saved lives.
For example, after taking statins for several years, my mother-in-law suddenly became very forgetful - repeating the same question four times in less than 15 minutes, forgetting that she had gone shopping or to the doctor that morning, etc. It was quite frightening for all of us.
The battle to persuade my parents-in-law that she needed to stop taking the statins went on for months until, with the help of this book and "Lipitor: Thief of Memory" by Duane Graveline, they agreed that she should stop - just for a few days, mind you - this so-called "medication" (it's clearly just a poison by another name). Within 10 days of coming off simvastatin (aka Zocor), she was noticeably better, but we're still not sure she will recover completely.
I believe these two books helped to save her life - and certainly the quality of her life.
 Yawn Yawn August 28, 2008
2 out of 25 found this review helpful
Another author jumping on the cholesterol band wagon. You know things are getting a bit much when you have two books with the same name.
Yes hardly eating any fat is bad for you. Yes lets write a book about it and earn a few bob. Yes lets include a rendition of terrible humour.
Aaaargh !! Please stop or do some peer reviewed research rather than preaching "pub chat" to the masses
Is it me or does every alternative half baked book on health receive rave reviews ? Is it all a corporation conspiracy
One more blow against an entrenched myth August 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an internist/epidemiologist I was thrilled by this well written book (as good as Gary Taube's, and much more fun to read). I hope to be around when the pillars collapse around the fifty year old specious theory of cholesterol's role in CVD.However,like the erroneous theories of gastric ulcer causation, Big Pharma and the medical establishment are unlikely to give up on this money-making enterprise soon. The theory is now orthodoxy, and like any threat to a religion, people like Kendrick will be considered heretics for years to come. Think of Helicobacter pylori.
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