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One-Fifth of American Teens Have Unhealthy Cholesterol
Not exactly a good start for the future of a country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports one in five American teenagers have high cholesterol levels.
High cholesterol is a known risk factor for heart disease.
Studying data from a national health survey, the CDC found 20.3% of young people, ages 12 to 19, had unhealthy cholesterol levels.
Heavier teens were more likely to have high cholesterol and boys were found to be at higher risk than girls.
Researchers say unhealthy cholesterol often begins in childhood and adolescence, so it’s important that doctors identify it early and recommend lifestyle interventions.
Via Reuters.
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The evidence underlying the “lipid hypothesis” was never strong to start since then a massive lipid lowering campaign has had no effect on heart disease rates. More and more openly people are rightly questioning the wisdom of the cholesterol lowering campaign.
Cholesterol is an essential component of every cell membrane and important for myriad physiologic functions. When Dr. Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD looked at the medical literature he found something quite surprising had been documented there. On average people with higher cholesterol live longer. Then again the statin cholesterol lowering drug class alone is a 30 billion dollar a year industry. This latest attempt to expand cholesterol lowering medication to children is cynical, baseless and repugnant