A health food blogger writes about the dangers of Western society suffering from heart disease due to high cholesterol levels. His title mentions the ongoing debate about the dangers of cholesterol, with some arguing such dangers are unfounded. He comes strongly in favor of the opposite argument. He presents an argument with several bullet points. He states that societies with low average cholesterol levels have lesser incidences of heart disease. He cites from several journals and reports. He lists references at the end of his blog.
Key Takeaways:
- In the United States, about one in four, culling from an available pool of about 600,000 people, dies of heart disease.
- Canadian death statistics show heart disease as the second leading cause after cancer, while about fifty percent of Europeans die of the disease.
- The links between saturated fat intake, high cholesterol and heart disease are legitimate and should not be overlooked, or dismissed by patients, or doctors.
“There are many things you can do to lower your risk of heart disease, but one of them is to keep your animal food consumption to a minimum (by that I mean to do the best you can to avoid it altogether).”