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The Great Statin Debate — Why Cholesterol Is Misunderstood

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

Story at-a-glance

  • In 2019 the health editor for the Daily Mail published an article touting the merits of statin cholesterol-lowering drugs and eschewing the “deadly propaganda of the statin deniers;” in July 2022 critics of the new 2021 guidelines published an article in JAMA, saying the guidelines needed to be lowered so more people could be eligible for statins

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