Statin Nation: The Ill-Founded War on Cholesterol, What Really Causes Heart Disease, and the Truth About the Most Overprescribed Drugs in the World

You are living in the times of the inevitable surrender of the pharmaceutical/governmental/medical establishment cabal to the truth. It will be difficult, but the truth is leaking out in spite of their best efforts. Pity the poor people who still yield their health management to their doctors entirely.

Easyly read and well documented.The simmares of studies are convinceing.Every doctor should read it.The best antistatin bok I have read.

Good read. Has adequate references. Makes good points. Probably a bit light on references and biased in its research and viewpoints. I wouldn't bet your life on just this book's advice, but a worthy set of concepts to consider.

Glad this was inexpensive. Not sure what made me think there was some new information in this book. There's not.

This is crazy. We need to remove the word science from medical science. Every time there’s a breakthrough answer, it proves to be totally false. So millions follow medical advice for nothing (and worse). And keep following it, as the false solutions persist despite debunking. The system is entirely corrupted by the pharmaceutical companies, planting false stories, fear mongering diseases and conditions, bribing doctors and corrupting medical journals. Justin Smith corrects the nasty reputation of cholesterol, breaks the relation to heart disease, and destroys the dietary regimens recommended for decades (and insisted on by health insurers). In Statin Nation, Smith presents the results of nine years’ research, highly documented. Why anyone should trust their doctor is about the only question unanswered.Smith is upsetting. He overturns decades of comforting facts. They are comforting because we have considered them as established and deal with them as real. But what Smith has found:-Only 39% of men and 34% of women with heart disease have high cholesterol.-High cholesterol correlates to longer life. Low cholesterol indicates shorter life expectancy.-A meta-analysis of 11 major studies concluded that statins offer no net benefit for prevention of death by all causes. But 75% take it for precisely that.-Big Pharma keeps lowering the safe cholesterol level, making it nearly unattainable and putting millions more in position for statin treatments for life.-Statins save approximately one life per thousand taking them. But result in hundreds of deaths because of them. They are unsafe drugs.-The recommended maximum 1.5-2g of sodium per day is too low and actually causes cardiovascular problems rather than preventing them according to numerous studies.-Stress, which used to be short and acute, is chronic in our society, and is the primary cause of cardiovascular ailments and death.-Fat is the heart’s preferred main source of energy, but stress changes that to glucose-burning instead.-86% of medical students think politicians should not accept gifts, but only 46% say the same for themselves.Smith never intended to go down this path. He began researching nutrition and fitness for a book and it has turned into nine years, two documentaries and this book, all focused on cholesterol. His basic discovery is that we continue to be misled, by both ignorance and fraud. Medicine actually has very few firm answers, just a lot of trends and anecdotes in the form of inadequate studies, the worth of which remain hidden from the public. Statin Nation appears to be both sensible and credible, and anyone interested in some hope and guidance along with the discouraging news should read it.David Wineberg

Very well researched will help to decide on whether to be statinised or not so very useful. Some of the science is a bit difficult.

Practical and substantiated