Comments on: Cholesterol Comeback: Prove It’s Unhealthy

By: Jimmy Moore

Jimmy Moore — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:18:00 +0000

THANK YOU for your comments, Dr. Dach. In addition to Dr. Enig and Dr. Ravnskov, I would add Dr. Stephen Phinney and Dr. Jeff Volek to the list of researchers who are proving the cholesterol theory we have been sold is a myth. Someday soon, the truth is finally gonna prevail.

Keep fighting the good fight, my friend!

By: Jeffrey Dach MD

Jeffrey Dach MD — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:01:00 +0000

Perhaps you have seen the Direct-to-Consumer TV and print advertisements with Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the Jarvik Heart, speaking on behalf of the Pfizer’s anti-cholesterol drug, Lipitor.

Perhaps Jarvik is not the best choice for the Lipitor campaign which has had mixed reviews. Instead of Jarvik, a more convincing yet unlikely spokesman would be the popular Duane Graveline MD MPH, a former NASA astronaut, and author who was started on Lipitor during an annual astronaut physical at the Johnson Space Center, and 6 weeks later had an episode of transient global amnesia, a sudden form of total memory loss described in his book, Lipitor Thief of Memory.

Two more unlikely spokesmen for the Lipitor ad campaign include Mary Enig and Uffe Ravnskov.

Should either one be selected as Lipitor spokesman, I myself would run down to the corner drug store to buy up the drug. It seems unlikey that even Pfizer’s deep pockets could ever induce them to recant their opposing position on the cholesterol theory of heart disease.

Mary G. Enig writes, ”hypercholesterolemia is the health issue of the 21st century. It is actually an invented disease, a problem that emerged when health professionals learned how to measure cholesterol levels in the blood.

Uffe Ravnskov MD PhD is spokesman for Thincs, The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics, and author of “The Cholesterol Myths, Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease”. His controversial ideas have angered loyal cholesterol theory supporters in Finland who demonstrated by burning his book on live television.

For more discussion on this, see my newsletter: Lipitor and The Dracula of Modern Technology

Jeffrey Dach MD

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:41:00 +0000

This may be one of your best posts ever, Jimmy, pure information that really matters to people based on undeniable, research-supported facts. And Colpo is magnificent. I dont’ think there is any evidence more important for doctors to hear than these dramatically improved cholesterol numbers, achieved easily, rapidly and drug-lessly by low-carb. It is a knock-out punch to low-fat, low-cal misinformation and propaganda.

By: Jimmy Moore

Jimmy Moore — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:44:00 +0000

THANKS for your note, Michelle! I think the truth will get out there as more and more people like me get so fed up with the misinformation and seek to spread the facts to friends and family! THANK YOU for sharing my blog with your friends concerned about their “high” cholesterol. Don’t be a stranger and come back again soon.

By: BamaGal

BamaGal — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:36:00 +0000

Jimmy—thanks for a great article—I’ve got to get that book—both my parents have been on statins for years–now I know why he has all the joint aches…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:08:00 +0000

Hi Jimmy,

I was researching the topic of high cholesterol not being the cause of heart disease and your blog came up twice with two different but great articles.

Congratulations on your own health successes, and thanks for doing such a great service by blogging about the truth of the relationship between choleterol and heart disease and drugs that cause more problems than they cure.

I'm going to send your url to two of my friends who are taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs.