The Medway Handyman wrote:
If you have read 'Panic Nation' you might like this - as Amazon said...


The Great Cholesterol Con

Statins are the so-called wonder drugs 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, revealing: high cholesterol levels don't cause heart disease; a
high-fat diet - saturated or otherwise - does not affect blood cholesterol
levels; and, the protection provided by statins is so small as to be not
worth bothering about for most men and all women.

Statins have many more side affects than has been admitted and their
advocates should be treated with scepticism due to their links with the
drugs' manufacturers. 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 spend billions of pounds on statins, thus creating an
atmosphere of stress and anxiety - the real cause of fatal heart disease.

With clarity and wit, "The Great Cholesterol Con" debunks our assumptions on
what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet. It is the invaluable guide
for anyone who thought there was a miracle cure for heart disease, an appeal
to common sense and a controversial and fascinating breakthrough that will
set dynamite under the whole area.


No doubt he will be submitting a research paper for proper peer review
at reputable medical journal, say, The Lancet?

What's wrong with drugs being profitable? Drug development costs
astronomical sums of money. This needs to be paid for from profits made
by selling the drugs.

Why are you prepared to believe someone who is profiteering from a scare
story about cholesterol / statins by writing a book about it.

I would suggest that you treat him with the same amount of distrust as
the pharmaceutical industry.

Don't believe the hype