Kendrick and heart disease

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Another installment of Malcolm Kendrick's article on cholesterol and heart

disease.

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/kendrick/2002_dec12.htmlMALCOLM KENDRICK, MD

December 12, 2002

WHY THE CHOLESTEROL-HEART DISEASE THEORY IS WRONG

A Raised LDL Level Has No Impact On Heart Disease

(Part Three)

By Malcolm Kendrick MbChB, MRCGP (email - malcolm@... )

Having previously demonstrated that neither cholesterol, nor saturated fat

consumption, can have any impact on LDL levels. I now intend to make it clear

that a raised LDL level has no impact on heart disease (CHD).

As most of you probably know, current thinking in CHD is that when the level

of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is raised, LDLs travel through the artery

wall and form a big lumpy cholesterol deposit (‘plaques’) that narrow the

arteries. Cholesterol is found in plaques because LDL contains lots of

cholesterol.

As these plaques get bigger they narrow the artery so much that blood flow is

obstructed - causing symptoms such as angina. Finally a plaque may burst,

causing a blood clot to form over the ruptured area. This blocks the artery

completely. A myocardial infarction results, which may or may not kill

you......

Namaste, Liz

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