Wow! eBook
The Cholesterol Wars: The Skeptics vs the Preponderance of Evidence
Author(s): Daniel Steinberg
- Publisher: Academic Press
- Publication Date: February 15, 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 252 pages
- ISBN-10: 0124054994
- ISBN-13: 9780124054998
Book Description
Today, in the era of the statins (cholesterol lowering drugs), there is no longer any doubt about the value of lowering blood cholesterol levels. This book chronicles the controversy that swirled around the ‘lipid hypothesis’ of atherosclerosis for so many years. In fact, ‘the lower the better’ is the position of many clinicians. However, getting to this point has been a long uphill battle marked by heated debate and sometimes violent disagreement. The history of this controversy is told here for its own sake and because remembering it may help us avoid similar mistakes in the future.
