Coronary artery disease is a chronic inflammatory disease. Decades of emphasising the importance of lowering cholesterol.

[sandybrown]

Very interesting article> from today's Mail.

Coronary artery disease is a chronic inflammatory disease. Decades of emphasising the importance of lowering cholesterol and avoiding high-fat foods has been misguided. LDL cholesterol is not associated with cardiovascular disease

The shocking truth about the new 'wonder jab' for high cholesterol

Inclisiran halved cholesterol levels in patients at high risk of a heart attack

Two others, evolocumab and alirocumab, can only be prescribed by specialists

However, despite this, they cost roughly 100 times more than cheap statins

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dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

[bobaxford]

Yes, the final comments in the article from Professor Pascal Meier are probably the most significant. Lowering cholesterol per se is not the answer, lifestyle and nutrition is a major factor in causing and conversely preventing inflammation

[Patricia7048]

Very interesting indeed. I refused to go on the pcsk9 injection recently. Seems i was right. More of a sticking plaster on a symptom than addressing the inflammation.

Thank you.

[sandybrown]

The important information what we all need to understand is lost in big articles!

I am trying my best for my wife to go on high BP medication. Now she is trying on life style change and regular exercise, again the information was from another article..

[Paul12]

I think the professor is very misleading. Cholesterol is super important to heart disease and stroke risk - but not quite the way people think.

Total cholesterol includes LDL cholesterol and Remnant cholesterol.

Remnant cholesterol is dangerous (see 'cholesterol code')

LDL includes VLDL.

VLDL is very dangerous