Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Another myth is reviled


If I didn’t knew so  in any way I suspected that Big Pharma created the nice story about bad and good cholesterol and used this story to yield extremely high profits. And that the story is not adequate does not surprise me:

Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.

In a study published in The Lancet, investigators said they found no evidence to back the belief that higher levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol routinely reduce the risk of a heart attack.

 High concentrations of HDL are one of the big markers for blood tests.

Who knows how many other bogus stories are out there?

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