Another good article from Dr. Kendrick on cholesterol.
AALCOLM KENDRICK, MD 
November 28, 2002
WHY THE CHOLESTEROL-HEART DISEASE THEORY IS WRONG
Find A Long-Term Study Showing That A High Cholesterol Or Saturated Fat Diet 
Has Any Impact On Blood Cholesterol Levels In A Normal Healthy Population - 
Or Any Effect Whatsoever On The Rate Of Death From Coronary Heart Disease
By Malcolm Kendrick MbChB, MRCGP (email - [log in to unmask] )
Cholesterol is a much maligned substance, the ‘cause’ of heart disease. If 
it is, it must have killed billions of people. Far more than the plague, 
every war ever fought, and all plane, train and car crashes ever - all added 
together, then multiplied by three.
But if it does cause heart disease, how does it do it? The simple ‘answer’ 
is that, if you eat too much cholesterol, the level in your blood rises, the 
cholesterol then travels through the artery wall causing cholesterol-laden 
plaques to develop which then rupture and kill you. That’s the initial 
cholesterol hypothesis. Dead simple, couldn’t be more simple.
First little problem - dietary intake of cholesterol has no impact on the 
level of cholesterol in your blood. If we look at two major long-term 
studies, Framingham and Tecumseh, it is clear that those who ate the most 
cholesterol had exactly the same level of cholesterol in their blood as those 
who ate the least cholesterol.
For the rest of the article go to:
www.redflagsweekly.com/kendrick/2002_nov28.html

Namaste, Liz