Monday, February 13, 2012

Vytorin® Crash and Burn? Is cholesterol dead?

The makers of Vytorin®, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, recently issued a controversial press release about the Enhance Study that compared the effects of Vytorin® (a combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe, brand name Zetia®) vs. just simvastatin.   No substantial diffe...
Anonymous
Jim Stevens
1/25/08 12:41pm
 Was taking Zetia and my doctor took me off of it. felt, it might have to fast, may have not given it a chance. What do you think.  jpnj1945@chater.net
Anonymous
Razwell
1/27/08 12:41pm

Very  good article Dr. Davis

 

 

In fact, the whole anti saturated fat nonsense was started by one fanatical misguided man named Ancel Keys who had false ideas.

 

 

He deliberatelt omitted data in his Seven Countries Study because it contradicted his false idea .

 

 

There are 18 clinical dietary intervention trials to date NONE show any support at all to the idea that saturaed fat causes  and increase in CHD  mortality or incidence.

 

 

 

Also The ENHANCE trial is hardly alone in shwqoing the Cholesterol Theory is unfounded nonsense. 

 

 

Cholesterol lowering has repeatedly been shjown to be useless and potentially harmful Look at the LRC-CPPT it showed a 0.04% ABSOLUTE CHD mortality risk reduction . Not supportive at all of the Cholesterol Theory

 

 

 

Look at Framingham  Heart Study

 

"11 % overall and 14 % CVD death rate INCREASE per 1 mg/dL DROP in cholesterol

 

 "For every 1mg/dL reduction in cholesterol levels during the first 14 years fo the Framingham Heart Study there was an 11 % INCREASE in overall mortality and an 14 % INCREASE in cardiovascular mortality during the subsquent  18 years  "

 

Look at the J-LIT trial A TO Z and so on.

 

 

The Lipid Hypothesis has repeatedly been shown to be incorrect.