Primal Pearl - Cholesterol Revisited

The continued vilification of cholesterol is the greatest nutritional myth of our time. Statins were predicted to end heart disease, but this hasn't happened. Do patients suddenly have a heart attack if you stop their statin? No. The evidence for statins is actually surprisingly small. One in a hundred patients have a non fatal heart attack or stroke prevented over a five year period. And remember that this very limited evidence, which is best case scenario, comes from the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. Pharmacologically driving down a nutrient of critical importance, with statins, doesn't seem to be the solution so clearly other factors are at play. So if cholesterol isn't to blame then what is? Join me as I revisit cholesterol through a slightly different lens. Lets look at the fatty acid composition of atherosclerotic plaque, from recent studies, and explore what actually causes cardiovascular disease.