Dispelling Cholesterol and Heart Disease Myths

📚 Cholesterol was falsely believed to be a marker of disease, but research has shown that sugar is the actual cause of heart disease.

💰 Sugar companies paid off Harvard professors to publish fraudulent studies blaming cholesterol for heart disease.

🌍 These fraudulent studies influenced dietary recommendations worldwide, leading to a vilification of meat and an increase in cholesterol intake.

📚 Reducing cholesterol intake and increasing fruits and vegetables did not lead to improved health outcomes, but instead tripled the rates of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other disorders.

💡 Studies post-2015 have shown that higher levels of LDL cholesterol and saturated fatty intake were actually protective against heart attacks, strokes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.

🔍 The belief that cholesterol is solely responsible for heart disease is debunked by the fact that 50% of people who have heart attacks have normal or low LDL cholesterol levels.

:pill: Supplementing with vitamin coq10 is important when taking statins to prevent muscle damage, including heart damage.

:chart_with_downwards_trend: Studies have shown that statins may not provide benefits and can even cause harm, as people with lower LDL cholesterol on statins had more heart attacks and cardiac-related deaths.

:warning: Cholesterol is actually beneficial and taking drugs that reduce it can have negative side effects without providing significant advantages.

📚 The early studies on the relationship between cholesterol and heart disease were of poor quality and flawed.

💰 The sugar companies funded research that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease.

📉 The Seven Nations Study selectively included data to show a correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease, but there was no actual correlation.

🔬 The Framingham Study, a landmark study in cardiology, incorrectly concluded that higher total cholesterol increased cardiovascular risk.

📚 There is a misconception that high total cholesterol is linked to heart disease, but recent studies have shown the opposite.

🔬 Research has demonstrated a correlation between fructose and metabolic disease, specifically heart disease.

💉 Particulate sizes of cholesterol matter, with some being good and others being bad, depending on their source and impact on blood sugar levels.

🩺 There is no correlation or causation between cholesterol and heart disease, but there is with sugar and carbohydrates.

📚 In the past, there were arguments about the harmful effects of sugar, but they were often dismissed. However, ancient diets cannot be blamed for causing modern diseases.

💡 Discovering new diseases and understanding their causes was a significant achievement for doctors in the past.

👑 Ancient Egyptians with atherosclerosis were not only the pharaohs, but also other individuals who mummified. They all had a similar diet rich in grains.

🥖 Isotope studies on ancient Egyptian mummies revealed that their diet mainly consisted of wheat and bread.

❌ The popular belief that cholesterol causes heart disease is incorrect.