Chris does it again! Brilliant breakdown of Steinberg's cholesterol myth apologetics

[Guest guest]

Though rarely posting here these days, I had to stop by and express

admiration and gratitude for Chris' great new article on his site, a

review of a book by an old-timer in the cholesterol mythology

business. Thanks to Chris' persistent and lucid presentations on

cholesterol and related topics, non-specialist folks like myself with

very little time to follow these topics can pick up key pieces of the

puzzle here and there.

Here's the link for the article:

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/-Steinberg-Cholesterol-Wars.html

Highly recommended!

A question for Chris:

So it's clear enough that damaged LDL (e.g. damage from oxidation or

glycation) is bad, and the quantity of damaged LDL is determined by

the quantity of LDL, the quantity of relevant antioxidants, the

composition of the individual LDL molecules, and various other

factors. You refer to " free-floating sugars " and I'm wondering if

there is a direct correlation between dietary sugar intake and

glycation of LDL. I'm speculating that the risk of isolated (what I

imagine is meant by the more common term " refined " ) sugar in our diet

is not the quantity of sugar molecules, but the quantity that quickly

reaches the blood at the same time as a result of being easier to

absorb, resulting in a temporary excess that could cause glycation.

Does this line of reasoning make sense? Is it overwhelmingly obvious

that isolated sugar is a gigantic contributor to heart disease, to the

extent that an ethical government would be bombarding its citizens

with anti-sugar propaganda instead of the current bizarre smokescreen

of anti-cholesterol and anti-saturated-fat propaganda, or am I jumping

the gun?

Mike