"The study found that patients with LDL-cholesterol levels less than 110 mmg/dl, and triglyceride less than 62.5 mmg/dl were most at risk of dying," Dr. Brownstein told Newsmax Health.
"Lower LDL levels were linked to a 65 percent increase in mortality, and lower triglycerides were associated with a 405 percent increased mortality. But in those patients whose LDL and triglyceride levels were both below the threshold levels, the risk rose to an astronomical 990 percent increased risk for dying."
This is an excerpt from a newsletter e-mailed to me today. so what's the average guy to do when one doctor explains that you need the benefit of statins and another tells you your at greater risk.
This type of contradiction is common place with diets, supplements exercise, etc. Yesterday eating meat, eggs , etc was a death sentence. Today its a good source of nutrients and the older you are the more you need because older people do not absorb nutrients as readily.
and don't get me started on free range, grass fed organic GMO's
diets, supplements, exercise