Originally Posted by
billydonn
Whether or not the widespread concern for cholesterol levels is a hoax, well that's another issue and I'm not prepared to make that assertion myself at this point.
I agree 100%. Medical studies are like everything else and in most cases the results favor those that provided the funding. You can find studies funded by pharmaceutical companies that conclude that medical problem "A" causes "X", "Y" and "Z" issues and low-and-behold, they have the magic cure for it. Or you have the studies that are funded by the insurance companies that say doing "X" is no longer needed in the treatment of "Y" and now they no longer have to pay for it. Then you have the conflicting independent studies where you end up not knowing who to believe. For me, until they come up with convincing consensus that cholesterol levels don't matter, I'll continue to do what I have to in order to keep it low.