Homocysteine and C-reactive protein
Question/email forwarded by Zul, from a health email:
Check the homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in your blood!!
Sorry, we were WRONG about Cholesterol!
Turning your life topsy-turvy to lower your cholesterol? DON'T BOTHER!
Studies prove cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. In fact, more than 60% of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. Your efforts and money are being wasted. You can expect doctors to announce an official reversal, but it may not come for quite a while.
FACT: Over 50% of today's health advice is wrong and obsolete!
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Dr Dicky NG's comment:
There are plenty of opinion on cholesterol. So, if we base our judgment on medical research data, then we have to accept that cholesterol does matter, even though it is not a very accurate predictor of heart disease. It does correlate, meaning, more bad cholesterol, more risk of heart attack. Less bad cholesterol, less risk for heart attack. The problem here is that due to great change of diet in the past 1 century or so, the average cholesterol has gone up.
I do agree there are a few more newer items(indicators) ie C reactive protein and homocysteine, LP (a) viewed as useful in risk profiling for heart. The amt of data is still very small compared to cholesterol (read Framingham Heart study). So I won’t bet on it.
Check the homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in your blood!!
Sorry, we were WRONG about Cholesterol!
Turning your life topsy-turvy to lower your cholesterol? DON'T BOTHER!
Studies prove cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. In fact, more than 60% of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. Your efforts and money are being wasted. You can expect doctors to announce an official reversal, but it may not come for quite a while.
FACT: Over 50% of today's health advice is wrong and obsolete!
~-----------------------------------------------------------~
Dr Dicky NG's comment:
There are plenty of opinion on cholesterol. So, if we base our judgment on medical research data, then we have to accept that cholesterol does matter, even though it is not a very accurate predictor of heart disease. It does correlate, meaning, more bad cholesterol, more risk of heart attack. Less bad cholesterol, less risk for heart attack. The problem here is that due to great change of diet in the past 1 century or so, the average cholesterol has gone up.
I do agree there are a few more newer items(indicators) ie C reactive protein and homocysteine, LP (a) viewed as useful in risk profiling for heart. The amt of data is still very small compared to cholesterol (read Framingham Heart study). So I won’t bet on it.
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