Cholesterol

healthy skeptic articles

Offsite Articles

  • What’s Wrong With ‘Politically Correct’ Nutrition?, Weston A. Price Foundation
  • The Soft Science of Dietary Fat, by Gary Taubes
  • The Skinny on Fats, by Sally Fallon & Mary Enig, Ph.D
  • The Oiling of America, by Mary Enig, Ph.D
  • High Cholesterol & Heart Disease: Myth or Truth?, by Chris Masterjohn

Websites

  • The Weston A. Price Foundation (excellent information about nutrition)
  • The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (group of physicians and researchers worldwide who challenge the “cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis
  • Cholesterol and Health (excellent, research-based website focused on debunking popular myths about cholesterol and heart disease)
  • Nourishing Our Children (must see for parents)
  • Wise Food Ways (see section on “where the wise foods are” for local food resources)
  • Eat Wild (for locating grass-fed meat and dairy products)
  • Real Milk (for health benefits of raw dairy products)

Books

  • The Cholesterol Myths, by Uffe Ravnskov M.D., Ph.D (written by a physician with a Ph.D in statistics; Dr. Ravnskov has been an independent researcher debunking the myths of cholesterol and saturated fat since the 70s)
  • The Great Cholesterol Con, by Anthony Colpo (*over 1400 references, but easy to read as well; highly recommended)
  • The Great Cholesterol Con, by Malcom Kendrick M.D. (lucid and humorous; a great introduction)
  • The Fluoride Deception, by Christopher Bryson (a lucid and well-researched analysis of the dangers of fluoride)
  • Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon (the “bible” of traditional, whole-foods nutrition; information & recipes)
  • Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition & Craft of Live-Culture Foods, by Sandor Katz (the best book on fermentation and live-culture foods I know of)
  • Full Moon Feast, by Jessica Prentice (an excellent introduction to the native nutrition lifestyle & a fantastic cookbook)

Handouts from cholesterol talk

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