Dr. John Briffa wrote a post worth reading on his blog today about the significant side effects of statin drugs, and the considerable effort pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment spend trying to convince people that these drugs are safe. Sadly, they've been largely successful. Some time ago a physician in the UK by the name of Dr. John Reckless (you can't make this stuff up) suggested that statins are so safe that they should be ...
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For the last 50 years mainstream medical "authorities" have been hammering it into our heads that high cholesterol levels are dangerous and low cholesterol levels are desirable; that eating saturated fat is bad for us; and that a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet is healthy and helps people lose weight. If you're a new reader, you might be surprised to learn that there's very little evidence to support these recommendations and plenty of evidence that contradicts them. ...
