Statins are the so-called wonder drugs prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels and claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. This book exposes the truth behind the hype, revealing high cholesterol levels don't cause heart disease, and, a high-fat diet - saturated or otherwise - does not affect blood cholesterol levels.
"Dr Kendrick, a well-known statin sceptic and author of the bestselling The Great Cholesterol con, has returned to the diet-heart-cholesterol battlefield to warn that people are being conned. It is clear that statins are not all that is claimed for them... Commonly viewed as a wonder-drug, in reality, as this book shows, they increase life expectancy by a negligible amount, while adverse effects are all too often concealed. The way to avoid heart disease and strokes, is simple - but it has nothing to do with lowering cholesterol levels"--Back cover.