As you might imagine, the whole cholesterol-heart disease connection is
confusing.  It seems that the cholesterol-lowering drugs on the market
(statins) do lower risk of heart attack and improve total mortality. But
the specifics of why this is true is not all that clear.  It is likely
that the statins used another mechanism to reduce risk of heart attack
that by chance also happens to lower cholesterol  i.e.  it is not the
lowering of cholesterol that causes the reduction in heart attack.  An
into to this can be found at:
http://www.ravnskov.nu/myth6.htm

Good luck!

  Wade

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> Hi-
> I just read the steak lover's diet. The  author discusses that cholesterol
> myths abound, but they have never been proven by accurate
> studies. Wasn't there
> a recent study which came out that using anti cholesterol meds lowering
> cholesterol drastically actually did reduce heart attack death
> rates? Any thoughts
> about this? I am also interested in trying this diet.
>
> Sandy
>
> >
> > Hi, Liz.  I'm going to jump in here and announce that with my curiosity
> > piqued and hopes raised that I (like Todd did) might lose an "absurd 12
> > pounds" in a week have lost 5 pounds as of this morning since
> beginning the
> > Steak Lovers' Diet on Friday
>