cholesterol OT OT

[gordon stelter]

--- Sarah Fox <sarah@graphic-fusion.com> wrote:
> Hi Duaine,
> 
> > For real, doctors don't have a clue as to the
> cause of high or low
> > cholesterol (as well as other ailments, like
> obesity)

Oh, come on now! Cholesterol is produced by the liver,
and the human body makes all that it needs. When
animal flesh is eaten, though, the cholesterol in it
enters the bloodsteam, sticks to to walls of arteries
and eventually clogs them. This is why vegetarians are
only about one-fifth as likely to have heart attacks
or strokes. BASIC scientific knowledge, really! But
not widely disseminated, because the doctors ( and
rerereresearchers ) are having too much fun getting
rich off Americans' unfortunate eating habits!
     Thump

> 
> ... just like piano technicians, rebuilders, and
> designers haven't a clue
> what makes a piano good.  (?!!!?)  Seems an apt
> analogy.  How come *some*
> pianos with soundboards flat as pancakes sound far
> sweeter than *some*
> pianos with beautiful crowns?  How come *some*
> smaller pianos sound really
> big, and some bigger pianos sound really small?  How
> come some pianos in
> really awful climatic conditions manage to hold
> their tune without the
> benefit of a DC installation, even though they
> really shouldn't?  How come
> two seemingly identical pianos coming off the same
> production line will be
> two entirely different beasties?  Based on this,
> would it be fair to say
> that none of us has a clue how/why a piano works? 
> Indeed, I think we have
> an idea or two, just like scientists and physicians
> have an idea or two
> about cholesterol, heart disease, obesity, etc.,
> etc.  These ideas may not
> apply perfectly to *every* piano, because pianos are
> complex, just like
> human bodies.  Fair analogy?
> 
> As for Alzheimer's only being around for 50 years or
> so, that's nonsense.
> Prior to our having a label for the disorder,
> Alzheimer's would have been
> one of many ways a person would have gone "senile." 
> People don't go
> "senile" anymore, just like they don't die of
> "consumption."  Does this mean
> that we've "cured" these two disorders by labeling
> them as something else?
> 
> Is Alzheimer's caused by cholesterol meds?  If y'all
> like anecdotes,
> consider one elderly couple I know.  The husband has
> the heart trouble and
> is on the restricted diet, meds, etc.  He's sharp as
> a whip.  The wife, who
> takes no cholesterol-related meds, has Alzheimer's
> (and is on Alzheimer's
> meds) but has a very healthy heart.  Conclusion: 
> Being married to a person
> on cholesterol meds can give you Alzheimer's but has
> a preventative benefit
> re cardiovascular conditions, while being married to
> a person on Alzheimer's
> meds can give you cholesterol problems but has a
> preventative benefit re
> Alzheimer's.
> 
> I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's at
> least one anecdote
> available to support any position.  The job of a
> scientist is to go beyond
> anecdotes and search for the underlying truth. 
> Truth?  If ya' go to Vegas
> and gamble, you will lose your money, on average. 
> But there are some very
> notable exceptions!  Some things are more certain,
> and some things are less
> certain.  However, if you're smart, you won't take a
> suitcase of money to
> Vegas to gamble, and you won't eat a plate full of
> grease for breakfast
> every morning either.
> 
> Peace,
> Sarah
> 
> 
> 
> 
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