<p>Cholesterol is the biggest medical and commercial fraud of our time. Read exactly why in this book.</p> <h2><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>Cholesterol</strong> is the greatest medical and commercial fraud of our time.</span></h2> <p>After many years of study, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov felt it was time to bring out the facts and myths about cholesterol. The fact that millions of people wrongly take cholesterol-lowering drugs - the number one medicine in the world - must be broken. In an easy-to-read book, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov describes how research is twisted in favor of the pharmaceutical industry. The consumer must know all these facts and think about his or her health, instead of filling the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Ravnskov asks many 'did you know questions' that are anxiously kept from the consumer by the industry.</p> <p>Did you know...<br />...that you can lose your memory or become aggressive, or even suicidal, if you lower your cholesterol too much?</p> <p>...that if you are male, you can become impotent if you lower your cholesterol?</p> <p>...that low cholesterol increases your risk of developing cancer?</p> <p>...that older people with high cholesterol live the longest?</p> <p>...that many of these facts have been presented in scientific journals and books for decades, but are rarely told to the general public by the proponents of the cholesterol hypothesis?</p> <p>...that the cholesterol campaign creates immense wealth for researchers, doctors, drug manufacturers and the food industry?</p> <p>...that you may experience the following side effects when taking cholesterol-lowering medications: feeling sick, muscle pain, muscle weakness, fever, nausea, vomiting, stomach ache, constipation, flatulence, nausea, heartburn, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, feeling weak, skin rash, itching, chest pain, back pain, weight gain, memory loss, liver inflammation and dozens of other conditions?</p> <p><span>Due to many advertisements, everyone is aware of the dangers of too much LDL ('bad' cholesterol) in our body, which can lead to heart and blood vessel problems. Doctors prescribe statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) as a means to prevent dangerous situations. The author of this book (doctor/researcher) points out the dangers of lowering bad cholesterol and points out that every person is different and that a high level can even be positive and lowering a danger. A person naturally produces cholesterol. He has studied many studies and has come to the conclusion that the pharmaceutical and food industries play a very large role in the advertising campaign. This while the use of statins has many side effects. Studies have been falsified and misinterpreted. Many studies are reported in this book with source references per chapter. The dangers of statins were already pointed out in Tros Radar in 2007. It would be good if an independent organization would make a good study of this. Contains images, index.</span></p> <p><strong>Language</strong>: Dutch<br /><strong>Writer</strong>: Dr. Uffe Ravnskov<br /><strong>264 pages</strong></p>