Cholesterol

healthy skeptic articles

• Study Reveals Doubt on Cholesterol Drug
• Three Eggs a Day Keep the Doctor Away!
• The Truth About Statin Drugs
• Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause Heart Disease
• Low-carb Diet Best for Weight Loss
• Statins for Pregnant Women and Kids?
• How to Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease
• Research Alert: Antidepressants & Cholesterol
• Inflammation Worsens Danger of Heart Disease
• More on Statin Side Effects
• Three More Studies That Should Make You Skeptical of Mainstream Health Advice
• More Silly Shenanigans Against Saturated Fat
• Have Some Butter With Your Veggies!
• New Study Puts Final Nail in the “Saturated Fat Causes Heart Disease” Coffin
• The Most Important Thing You Probably Don’t Know About Cholesterol

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

• Natural Prevention of Heart Disease
• Cholesterol Brochure
• Benefits of Pasture-Raised Animal Products
• Resources
• Recommended Tests for Heart Disease
• New York Times Article on Vytorin Trial
• Bibliography