Comments on: Low Cholesterol to “Die For” http://freetheanimal.com/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html Expressing Our Primal Genes for Lean Health, Vitality and Attractiveness Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-13196 Richard Nikoley Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:41:47 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-13196 Nope, and there's a lot of talk on this recently. Here's the deal: even if you just study heart disease deaths, epidemiologically, lower cholesterol always has higher mortality, especially amongst women and the elderly. Remember, observational studies are BS anyway, and I never take any stock in them except to falsify. And that's why you need to look at total mortality. If you want to single out variables, the only valid way to do so is with intervention. Nope, and there’s a lot of talk on this recently. Here’s the deal: even if you just study heart disease deaths, epidemiologically, lower cholesterol always has higher mortality, especially amongst women and the elderly.

Remember, observational studies are BS anyway, and I never take any stock in them except to falsify. And that’s why you need to look at total mortality. If you want to single out variables, the only valid way to do so is with intervention.

]]> By: Brandon Thomson http://freetheanimal.com/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-13194 Brandon Thomson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:12:03 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-13194 mortality rate seems like a silly thing to graph against... that's going to confound a country's average quality of emergency medical care with the variable we are actually interested in, which is incidence of cardiovascular problems. but i'm sure incidence data is harder to come by. mortality rate seems like a silly thing to graph against… that’s going to confound a country’s average quality of emergency medical care with the variable we are actually interested in, which is incidence of cardiovascular problems. but i’m sure incidence data is harder to come by.

]]> By: Cory McKenna http://freetheanimal.com/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-1563 Cory McKenna Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:19:39 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2009/03/low-cholesterol-to-die-for.html#comment-1563 <p> Besides the fact that I already knew that the body produces cholesterol, I recall reading a biology textbook (my daughter-in-law) had from high-school, that stated<br /> that cholesterol was essential in the<br /> digestive process. Go figure.</p> Besides the fact that I already knew that the body produces cholesterol, I recall reading a biology textbook (my daughter-in-law) had from high-school, that stated
that cholesterol was essential in the
digestive process. Go figure.

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