Comment by fny
1 year ago
It's a bad blog post for sure. However, I've a few smart people say that lower cholesterol may not be what makes statins powerful: it's the anti-inflammatory properties. I'm too lazy to find papers right now.
1 year ago
It's a bad blog post for sure. However, I've a few smart people say that lower cholesterol may not be what makes statins powerful: it's the anti-inflammatory properties. I'm too lazy to find papers right now.
Yes, there is certaintly data to make that argument. The argument that inflammation is a better predictor of heart disease than cholesterol is a reasonable one. On the other hand the argument that cholesterol is not a good predictor of heart disease and cholesterol lowering therapy is a fraud is not reasonable in the face of the evidence.
> It's a bad blog post for sure
The blog is merely pointers to, and excerpts from, other articles on sources such as New York Times and Bloomberg. The blog post can't be bad unless the original sources it cites are bad. Which ones are bad?
> The blog post can't be bad unless the original sources it cites are bad
The blog post misrepresents some of the sources by exaggerating the certainty of the claims and ignoring any evidence contrary to the point it's making.
It's a bad blog post.