3 studies on CHD and vascular disease...no cholesterol claims in the bunch

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I find it interesting that of all the protective mechanisms mentioned in the

three studies I just posted, none of them involved lowering cholesterol.

All of them involved regulation of smooth muscle cell growth and or

activity, clotting factor regulation and/or antioxidant factors. This is

somewhat supportive of what Bond's analysis of cholesterol studies

suggested. If I remember correctly, the only class of cholesterol lowering

drugs that have had any effect on heart disease rates are the statins;

however, the statins do more than just lower cholesterol. They also have a

couple of other effects, but I recall that one of their effects was

definitely antioxidant.

Anyway, I though that was interesting and possibly comforting to anyone

who's still somewhat concerned about their cholesterol levels.