LDL Levels Well Below Current Recommendations Are Most Beneficial
Med Headlines - Keeping LDL cholesterol at levels well below the current recommendations, decreases mortality in patients with atherosclerosis, according to a study done at The State university of new York Health Science Center.
In this randomized study, 10,000 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and LDL cholesterol <130 mg/dL received either 10 mg or 80 mg of atorvastatin. The role of the drug was to decrease LDL cholesterol levels to a varying degree, depending on the dose.
It was found that patients who reached the lowest levels of LDL, had significantly lower incidence of cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarction, as compared to those, whose LDL level was closer to 130 mg/dL.
Furthermore, researchers did not observe any adverse effects caused by extremely low LDL levels. They also found that the risk of death from any cause, was lowest in the low LDL group.
Study results suggest that cardiovascular risk may be reduced in patients suffering from atherosclerosis, by lowering their LDL cholesterol to levels well below the current target recommendations.
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The war on cholesterol continues as the previous biased, scientifically-compromised studies have “succeeded” in proving the diet-heart myth.
I DO understand that it cannot be all right to have a large intake of calories on a daily basis, it is also not all right to not exercise, it is not good to smoke, it is really not good to abuse alcohol, also stress does a lot of damage, AND also the doctors who prescribe medication based on dogmatic ideas, biased and not fully understood.
How about we continue to live our lives eating in smaller portions, various foods - including animal and vegetal fats - exercise on a regular basis, decrease as much as possible the stress, continue to not smoke, drink a little bit once in a while, AND IGNORE all these not so intelligent studies, which will probably say in a few years down the road that we HAVE to put our children on statins starting with seven months old?
I am so sick and tired of second and lower class scientists - even first class too many times - who work hard towards void research directions. How long before the health police enforces our diet???
I would like to propose a “war” on the biased and way below-scientific-standard cholesterol studies conducted over the years and also on the way statistical data is manipulated to prove the desired theory: cholesterol is bad, do whatever it takes to lower it.
It seems it DOES take LOTS of integrity to be a REAL science person who performs real scientific unbiased research work and ACCEPT the research data - not manipulate the statistical data - no matter what you believe and accept that your initial theory might be WRONG!
Research, read, AND understand what the previous studies real results are.
There are four kinds of lies, if you know more please share them:
- white lies
- lies
- blatant lies
- statistical lies
All people should take good care of their health the way previously described AND also by not following all these biased pseudo-scientific studies.
THINK, think, and think again!
We should be provided with the folllowing information when an article is published in a newspaper, website or book:
- Who performs the study
- Who funded the study
- What was the research method used
- How was the statistical data interpreted
There is still a long way for real science to actually happen in certain medical fields!