A Statin Nation
eBook - ePub

A Statin Nation

Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-health World

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Statin Nation

Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-health World

About this book

If you have been told that you must take statins or risk a devastating heart attack or stroke, you need to read this book. Dr Kendrick, a well-known statin sceptic and author of the bestselling The Great Cholesterol Con, has returned to the diet-heart-cholesterol battlefield to warn that people are being conned.In relaxed and humorous style, he lifts the rock to allow the reader to peer underneath. He points out that statins, even in high-risk individuals, increase life expectancy by a mere four days after five years of treatment. Yet adverse effects have been swept under the carpet by researchers who are closely tied to the industry.The way to avoid heart disease, and strokes, is simple - but, as this riveting book shows, it has nothing to do with lowering cholesterol levels.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. CHAPTER 1: What is CVD?
  6. CHAPTER 2: What is the Average Blood Pressure in Various Blood Vessels?
  7. CHAPTER 3: What is Atherosclerosis?
  8. CHAPTER 4: Heart Attacks and Strokes
  9. CHAPTER 5: What are Fats?
  10. CHAPTER 6: Triglycerides
  11. CHAPTER 7: What is Cholesterol?
  12. CHAPTER 8: What is Your Blood Cholesterol Level?
  13. CHAPTER 9: Cholesterol Lowering Without Statins
  14. CHAPTER 10: What is a Statin?
  15. CHAPTER 11: The Downside of Statins
  16. CHAPTER 12: The Diet-Heart Meme
  17. CHAPTER 13: Does Raised Cholesterol (LDL) Cause CVD?
  18. CHAPTER 14: How to Avoid Dying of CVD and Anything Else
  19. CHAPTER 15: Diet, Lifespan and CVD
  20. CHAPTER 16: Vitamins, Supplements and Medication
  21. CHAPTER 17: What of Testing and Screening?
  22. CHAPTER 18: Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
  23. CHAPTER 19: Salt
  24. CHAPTER 20: The Placebo Effect
  25. CHAPTER 21: The Top Ten Ways to Avoid Heart Disease and Live Longer
  26. About the Author
  27. Copyright