http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/07/26/cholesterol-drugs-part-five.aspxStatin drugs for "hypercholesterolemia," which some doctors call a non-illness, have become more potent and are being prescribed in higher doses to increasing numbers of people--even those with "normal" cholesterol levels. What is often overlooked byenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/07/26/cholesterol-drugs-part-five.aspx#212789Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:42:35 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:212789mauro2009<p>The Benefits of High Cholesterol</p> <p>By Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD</p> <p>People with high cholesterol live the longest. This statement seems so incredible that it takes a long time to clear one´s brainwashed mind to fully understand its importance. Yet the fact that people with high cholesterol live the longest emerges clearly from many scientific papers. Consider the finding of Dr. Harlan Krumholz of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale University, who reported in 1994 that old people with low cholesterol died twice as often from a heart attack as did old people with a high cholesterol.1 Supporters of the cholesterol campaign consistently ignore his observation, or consider it as a rare exception, produced by chance among a huge number of studies finding the opposite.</p> <p>read the whole article here:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/benefits_cholest.html">www.westonaprice.org/.../benefits_cholest.html</a></p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=212789" width="1" height="1">