Politics? Re: New study shows Striking Benefits Found in Ultra-Low Choleste

[Guest guest]

sharon:

i'll make time, if people will use it. i'll start it, and everyone can jump

on the bandwagon to add comments - i was going to say: " i know the boys

will have articulate things to add... " and then i thought..oh, wait, and

heidi. oh, and sharon. oh and deanna. oh and suze. oh and.... and all of us!!

so give me an hour and i'll get something going...work is a little nutty

today, so it will be very outline-y, but perhaps as a group we can flesh it

out and come up with a nice, polished letter to the editor that we can all

send all around. sounding good?

-katja

At 10:30 AM 3/9/2004, you wrote:

>Katja,

>

>Do you have time to write up a kind of Talking Points outline? If you

>could, then anyone else who is so inclined could use it as a jumping

>off place. I'd spend time emailing it around as Letters to the Editor.

>

>Sharon

[Guest guest]

Gotcha Katja! Big Hug {{{{{}}}}}

Beauty, especially the reference to thincs and WAPF. I will do

something with that when I get back from town.

Thanks tons!

Sharon

> >Yes, Katja, let's do write or call in! This has everything to do

with

> >native nutrition.

>

>

> ok, guys, i did my part: who's next?

> (and ps, look, ma! i used capitals!)

>

> atc@n...

> RE: Comments on today's story on cholesterol and statin drugs.

> Hello ATC:

>

> I'm writing in response to your story this morning, referenced here:

> -----

> Study: High Statin Doses Lower Cholesterol

>

> March 8, 2004

>

> A new study finds that high-intensity treatment with drugs known as

statins

> may help keep heart arteries from getting clogged with cholesterol.

The

> results -- dramatically lower cholesterol levels -- may in turn

prevent

> heart attacks and other heart disease. The study was released Monday

by the

> New England Journal of Medicine.

> <http://www.npr.org/about/people/bios/rknox.html>NPR's Knox

reports.

> -----

>

> This article sounded like a drug advertisement! It's distressing to

me that

> people are being led to think that it's normal to have to take drugs

every

> day to " fix " problems like this, in particular when in this case,

the

> problem itself is on shaky scientific ground. I'd encourage you to

check

> out www.thincs.org and www.westonaprice.org for an the other side

of the

> story about cholesterol. I'm desperate for you to promote an

alternate

> point of view to the Big Pharm Industry - please consider

interviewing a

> scientist from the Weston Price foundation on this topic!

>

> Thank you,

> Katja Swift (most Americans pronounce " Katja " as though it rhymes

with

> " gotcha " )

> East Randolph, VT

> member, VPR