Sentences with phrase «cholesterol theory»

Dr. Dwight Lundell, MD, was one of the earliest among the few cardiologists to admit the whole lipid (fat) and cholesterol theory of fat is wrong.

Many researchers, however, have rejected the saturated - fat - and - cholesterol theory as a cause of heart disease, because more than 60 percent of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels and the majority of people with high cholesterol levels never have heart attacks.

We need to eat more butterfat from pasture - fed animals, more lard from pigs raised outdoors, more eggs from pastured - poultry, and more shrimp and other seafood rich in vitamin D. And we need to recognize the demonization of butter and similar healthy foods for what it is — a ploy, bolstered by the phony cholesterol theory, that has convinced Americans to substitute imitation foods for the nourishing foods of their ancestors.

His controversial ideas have angered loyal cholesterol theory supporters in Finland who demonstrated by burning his book on live television.

Many researchers, however, have rejected the saturated fat and cholesterol theory as a cause of heart disease because more than 60 percent of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels and the majority of people with high cholesterol levels never have heart attacks.

The two top cholesterol - lowering medications, Lipitor and Zocor, together bring in roughly $ 34 billion each year for their makers, who have a vested interest in keeping the cholesterol theory alive.

In my view the main reason there is so much contradictory information in the nutrition world stems from the fact that much of modern medical thought has been tainted by the cholesterol theory of heart disease, which many of us now know is not supported by science.

Also, the cholesterol theory is based on feeding cholesterol to rabbits, which are herbivorous animals.

It seems unlikey that even Pfizer's deep pockets could ever induce them to recant their opposing position on the cholesterol theory of heart disease.

I began to give up on the cholesterol theory in 1977 when I had dinner with Linus Pauling.