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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | GB Publishing | | Page Count: | 244 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 26, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 23,610rd |
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Do you know ...what REALLY causes heart disease? ...that heart patients haven't eaten more saturated fat than other people and stroke patients have eaten less? ...that diabetics may be cured if they replace carbohydrates with saturated fat? ...that people with low cholesterol become just as atherosclerotic as people with high? ...that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for women or diabetics? ...that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for old people although by far most heart attacks occur after age 65? ...that old people with high cholesterol live longer than old people with low? ...that the lipoproteins protect us against infectious diseases and probably also against cancer? The author is a scientist himself and has published more than 80 papers and letters in the scientific press critical to the cholesterol campaign, for which he has won two international awards. In his new book, which includes updated and simplified sections from his previous one (The Cholesterol Myths), Ravnskov also presents his own idea about the cause of heart disease, an idea that explains all the findings that do not fit with the present view. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 6 reviews)
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Relax about cholesterol,enjoy life,enjoy food!! by Lorraine M. Mcglynn (Cape Cod, MA)  5 Stars
November 25, 2009
I have read both of Dr.Ravnskov's books The Cholesterol Myths" and "Fat and Cholesterol are good for you".They put hard to understand information into terms a non-medical person can understand.I have read many other books on the issue also.There are so many roadblocks with the prevailing lipid hypothesis it is astonishing to me it continues to perpetuate.I have purchased 5 of his new books one for my internist and one for cardiologist,the rest for family.I am wondering if the physicians will even accept them, but I will find out.I thank people like Dr.Ravnskov and all the others in THINCS for having the GUTS to speak their mind for what they believe to be true and go against the overwhelming majority who A.have blinders on.B.do not want to be rejected by their peers.C.are afraid of malpractice suits.D.Who benefit from profits.My mother lived to 98 years of age dying just 2 months ago, despite having high cholesterol her whole life and told me when she was growing up you hardly ever heard of anyone dying of cancer and she was amazed at all the cancer deaths today.Drs today will say oh well, people then didn't live long enough to get cancer, but this is not true, 40 or 50 years ago people did live long enough.This era was pre-statins and now look at the cancer rates.I know many people in their 40's to 60's who have cancer or have died from it.Not to blame statins because there is no proof and many other factors we did not have years ago.I,m not going to take a chance with statins and instead continue a varied diet with everything in moderation.I HIGHLY recommend Dr Ravnskov's new book Fat and Cholesterol is Good for You.
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Fat and Cholesterol are Good for You by Frank Paul Valenti Jr. 5 Stars
November 21, 2009
What makes this book special is that the author (Uffe Ravnskov,MD,PHD), doesn't just give his opinion, but explains in detail with many examples, why eating fat and having high cholesterol is not only not bad for us, but is acually good for us! Many qualified doctors and laymen have argued this point for years inspite of the the fact that so called experts(read "powers to be")have perpetuated both the fat and the cholesterol myths to protect their reputations and to fatten not onlt their wallets but also the wallets of the drug companies that fund these drug trials! If you're interested in the truth, read this book!
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comprehensive by HRH (florida)  4 Stars
September 09, 2009
Either or both of these books are worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the subject in any depth. The authors positions seem well supported by the available evidence and extensive studies. Its really somewhat breathaking to consider the ease with which the advocates of the saturated fat,cholesterol, heart disease progression have been able to dodge and dismiss the body of findings that undermine their hypothesis.Given the heightened contemporary awareness of "womens issues" in medicine the fact that there is serious doubt that statins provide any discernible benefit for women would seem to have been sufficient to generate a more audible outcry.
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If you want to understand cholesterol and heart disease, you cannot ignore this book. (neither should your doctor) by xrn (UK) 5 Stars
June 05, 2009
A rare talent is to be able to describe subject matter that requires a deep technical knowledge while making it accessible and easy to understand for the lay person. Dr Ravnskov is the expert's own expert. He describes the cholesterol/heart disease hypothesis and explains it in very clear terms, so that ordinary people can understand what is involved. With the trained eye of a scientist, he assembles all of the available evidence, both positive and negative, and gently leads the reader through the experiments and the clinical research, that either supports the wholesale use of toxic medications or warns us of the consequences if we continue to ignore the irrefutable mountain of scientific data that underpins the benefits of cholesterol to the human body.
Every study, to which Dr Ravnskov refers, in this meticulously referenced book, is broken down and explained in terms with which the lay reader will be familiar. We learn of the research of Landé and Sperry (a pathologist and a biochemist) which was published in 1936. The surprise at their finding, that there was no association between the mount of cholesterol in the blood and atherosclerosis (the hardening and thickening of the artery walls), is as fresh for me today as it must have been for Landé and Sperry, perhaps because the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry don't usually let the poor consumers have any access to these simple truths. Dr Ravnskov manages to convey the excitement of scientific discovery by documenting such important events in clear language.
Moving to the research of the 1950s, we learn of Ancel Keys and how he tailored the facts fit his own pet theories, while conveniently ignoring anything that would spoil a good story. The story of 'bad' and 'good' cholesterol is unravelled piece by piece and I found it hard to put the book down. It was like reading a good detective novel, with small clues being found throughout the plot. The conclusions do not have to be drawn for the reader, by Dr Ravnskov, for the obvious answers are stark, once the confusion is cleared away. The reader can easily see that 'bad' cholesterol is a convenient fairy-tale, that would not have looked out of place if it were sitting on the library shelf of Hans Christian Andersen, next to Thumbelina, The Red Shoes. The Snow Queen and The Ugly Duckling.
Dr Ravnskov goes on to explain the role of cholesterol in the body and then he details how different cholesterol values in different nations, do not produce the expected results. There is no rabid denunciation of people who are mistaken in their researches. Unlike the manner in which the establishment decry this solid and honest attempt to understand a specific piece of biochemistry, in order to prevent people from suffering needless infirmity or more serious consequences.
If you are concerned about heart disease and the relationship that cholesterol may have in its beginnings, you owe it to yourself to become better informed. it is unlikely that your medical practitioner will be as well-informed as this book. You, in turn, will be able to ask your family doctor some crucial questions because of the knowledge that you will gain from reading this book. If it prevents you from poisoning yourself with cholesterol reducing medicines and stops you worrying about heart disease, so that you are less prone to being stressed, then Dr Ravnskov will have rendered a much needed service to you, without you being one of his own fortunate patients. If nothing else, reading this book will remind you of the joy of eating foods that contain fat. I am considerably happier now that I can eat fat containing foods again. Full fat cheeses, Meats, Jersey Cream milk, Eggs and Fried Bacon. Mmmmm.... lovely! :-)
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Honest about fat and cholesterol by Joel M. Kauffman (Berwyn, PA United States) 5 Stars
April 23, 2009
I admit to bias in this book review, having written one of the four Forwards in it. Dr. Ravnskov's earlier book, The Cholesterol Myths, 2000, has become quite famous. When it went out-of-print around 2007 used copies had asking prices of $300. I read it in 2002 and referred to it frequently. As in the new book (FCGY), the complete lack of correlation between serum cholesterol, LDL-C, and HDL-C and chance of atherosclerosis leading to heart attack was shown. Also, in both books, the lack of harm from eating animal fat (saturated) was shown from published trials. Some trials claimed the opposite, the still common myths that you hear frequently, but Ravnskov would look at the data in the medical papers and see whether those data matched the Abstract and Conclusions, finding often a disconnect. He is one of the few who would search the references of a paper to see whether the purpose the paper cited was actually supported by the content of the paper; often it was not. He also showed that reduction of cholesterol or LDL-C by old or new drugs such as the statins (Zocor, Lipitor) was of no benefit whatever, that the side effects of these drugs were more common and severe than claimed, and that their accidental benefits of being anti-inflammatory, like aspirin, were exaggerated by perversion of clinical trials by a level of patient selection far beyond what your physician would ever achieve.
In addition to all this, in FCGY, newer data from the nine recent years is woven into the original narrative. Some of the new data were whimsical, such as the correlation between heart attacks and animal fat, yellow fingers and the local tax rate. Hunh? Well, real studies show animal fat intake to be a benefit, opposite to the common dogma; yellow fingers is correct because it is from smoking tobacco; and the rate of heart attacks in the municipal districts of Stockholm, Sweden vs. the local tax rates has an excellent correlation; but could it be a cause?
A new sidebar revealed the storm of protest in Finland over a campaign by a dairy products producer to show the healthfulness of its products. As Finland is even more consumed by anti-fat campaigns than the USA, the manufacturer finally backed down. Another sidebar and a new chapter near the end explained why high-carb diets (even complex whole grain carbs) are disaster for diabetics. Another sidebar explained the lack of evidence for the term "bad cholesterol" for LDL-C, including a deep literature search that showed nothing in support of the claim. Another showed the uselessness of serum triglycerides (TG) to show good health, the lack of accuracy in the assay being one reason. Another showed the cheating in the huge (and expensive US taxpayers) MRFIT Study on about 360,000 subjects. Another showed the claims of Dr. Dean Ornish (and by implication, Pritikin, McDougall, Esselsteyn, etc.) of great results from a 6-factor lifestyle change were not backed by evidence. Another showed that the members of the committee of the National Cholesterol Education Program, pretending to be a government organization, all had multiple financial ties to the Big Pharma producers of the cholesterol lowering drugs.
New topics were introduced not in the older book. One was an honest attempt to explain what causes arterial lesions, atherosclerosis, then blockages leading to heart attacks, including the amazing finding that vaccination for influenza prevents heart attacks. Ravnskov showed that an arterial plaque that could break open was similar to a boil, and why veins do not become atherosclerotic. A final chapter answers another topic the earlier book did not address: how to avoid premature death from a heart attack.
There is a good index, and hundreds of citations, mostly to medical journals. The writing is easy to read, if "accented". There are no wild claims. The only technical item I question is the term "cholesterol droplets" (p197) and the appearance of crystalline cholesterol, because the melting point of cholesterol is 149°C, far higher than body temperature of 37°C. Most cholesterol is present as esters such as the oleate and palmitate, which melt much lower and are more soluble in any fatty material.
The publisher did no favors in proof reading. Dozens of words are hyphenated as though they were on two lines, and sometimes even the location of the hyphen was odd. Loose was used at least twice when lose was meant.
Because of its exceptional honesty, depth of literature searching, logical correlations and connections, and even some humor, FCGY is strongly recommended. It should become a classic in its own right.
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