The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It

Statins are widely prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels and claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. Believed to be completely safe and capable of preventing a whole series of other conditions they are the most profitable drug in the history of medicine. In this groundbreaking book GP Malcolm Kendrick exposes the truth behind the hype. He will change the way we think about cholesterol forever. Rubbishing the diet-heart hypothesis in which clinical trials prove that high cholesterol causes heart disease and a high-fat diet leads to heart disease Kendrick lambastes a powerful pharmaceutical industry and unquestioning medical profession who he claims perpetuate the madcap concepts of good and bad cholesterol and cholesterol levels to convince millions of people to unnecessarily spend billions of pounds on statins. Clearly and comprehensively debunking assumptions on what constitute a healthy lifestyle and diet "The Great Cholesterol Con" is the accessible indispensable and absorbing case against statins and for a more common-sense approach to heart disease and general wellbeing. No more over-hyped miracle drugs; no more garlic red wine anti-oxidants fruit or vegetables; even a vegetarian diet is rejected in this controversial yet authoritative critique of how we have been mislead over how food and drugs affect our coronary health. Here for the first time is the invaluable guide for anyone who though there was a miracle cure for heart disease "The Great Cholesterol Con" is a fascinating breakthrough that will set dynamite under the whole area.