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Exercise and Fitness

fasttense

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3. I'm not convinced modern medicine really understand cholesterol and fats in diets

Reply to Jackie Wilson Said (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 10:48 AM

Jun 2016

And I think statins are more dangerous than today's average doctor understands.

The scientific evidence that either high number is good or bad for you is minimal. And recent studies indicate very little correlation between high cholesterol and death rates. Yes, hyper-cholesterol, in the 300 range, can be damaging. But high normal range does NOT correlate to higher death rates.

Doctors are not very well educated in nutrition. My sister the doctor says she had one 8 hour class in Med School on nutrition.

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I am frustrated with a friend about exercise, diet, high cholesterol and science. [View all] Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 OP

Frustrating. wildeyed May 2016 #1

At one point my doctor tried to put me on statins noamnety May 2016 #2

I'm not convinced modern medicine really understand cholesterol and fats in diets fasttense Jun 2016 #3

I agree about statins Citrus Jun 2016 #4

The question that remains about cholesterol is whether it's a problem or a symptom Major Nikon Jul 2016 #5