[Mount Athos]

Health food of the future:

[Kolokotronis]

Great time of year for that picture, MA! :)

[aruanan]

Researchers found that in terms of overall deaths, men and women in the group with the lowest LDL cholesterol level (79 milligrams per deciliter of blood or less) had the highest death rate.

Duh. Cholesterol is essential in tissue formation, especially that of nerves. Also, there is no such thing as LDL cholesterol. Low Density Lipoprotein is the name of the protein in the cholesterol transport particle, same for HDL used in reverse cholesterol transport.

[Ole Okie]

Approximately what I had for supper times 2.

LDL = 72.

Age = 81

[Rennes Templar]

The entire cholesterol issue is junk science, motivated by greedy pharmaceuticals.

[Shady]

Anybody remember Sleeper?
Hilarious!
My LDL is way down, so I better start eating butter!

[JustDoItAlways]

This is really unbelievable.

Think about how many millions of Americans and people around the world are taking cholesterol lowering drugs (with all the side-effects that result including an increased death-rate.)

This rather large long-term study is going to be a BIG shocker to the medical community.

[A_perfect_lady]

My grandma lived 93 years on a diet of butter, salt, and bacon fat. She didn’t have much of a waistline, it is true, but she was strong and healthy.

[Tax-chick]

Wow! My husband needs to see this (the article, not the bacon sandwich) and consider the information next time he sees the doctor.

[Mamzelle]

A difficult article to understand—”death rate” can be misleading.

[ChildOfThe60s]

It is interesting that this should find its way into the news at the same time the US medical establishment is lowering what they consider (claim) to be safe cholesterol numbers.

Dogma now is a max of 180 (overall). Lemmings. Follow the money.

[kittymyrib]

Since the human brain needs cholesterol to function properly, getting the rate too low also can bring on dementia. It is good that the Japanese are raising this issue because our doctors would rather keep prescribing Lipitor and Vytorin than look into the possible harm they can do.

[television is just wrong]

a balanced diet with exercise is the BEST requirements for a healthy life.

You have to listen to what your body is telling you.

[television is just wrong]

I have read numerous times that the homocysteine levels in your blood are way more important than cholesterol.

[Pining_4_TX]

That’s true, minus the bread. There’s nought wrong with fat and protein, laddie! ;-)

BTW, good book on all this health nannyism - The Last Well Person, written by a doctor. Tells us we’ve all been led to believe that we all suffer from some condition that requires extensive treatment and testing at the hands of the medicine pushers. Very interesting read.

[varon]

Low level of 'bad cholesterol' increases death rate, researchers find

Moral of story, eat whatever you want because in the end, you're going to die anyway ;-)

[Irish Eyes]

So a person on Lipator is supposed to do what ???

[steve86]

This study has no implications for people with average or higher LDL levels -- it is obvious by now that cholesterol metabolism is not linear -- something qualitatively different is happening when LDL levels are extremely low -- a certain amount of cholesterol is required.

Anyone who reads this study and concludes they should stop taking statins (unless their LDL is in the range indicated) may be DEAD WRONG.

[tubebender]

And how does this apply to Americans...

[Doogle]

.."I can eat bacon again?"

[preacher]

First, Global Warming is being doubted by many experts. Now this cholesterol/heart thing is being questioned. The next thing may be Hillary exposed as a liar.

What’s a guy to think?