bukys@rochester.UUCP (Liudvikas Bukys) (01/18/84)
" NEW YORK - Lower cholesterol levels in the blood help to prevent heart attacks, a 10-year federally sponsored study has shown. The study, which is considered conclusive, was conducted among 3,806 middle-aged men with abnormally high cholesterol levels. It found that for every 1 percent reduction in cholesterol, there was a 2 percent decline in the rate of coronary heart disease. " nyt-01-17-84 2324est Last I heard, no link between ingested cholestrol and serum cholestrol level has ever been demonstrated, though many have tried. Does anyone know whether there has been any hot news regarding that? Liudvikas Bukys rochester!bukys (uucp) via allegra, decvax, seismo bukys@rochester (arpa)
ss@rabbit.UUCP (01/19/84)
Read last week's? issue of Newsweek. The study used a number of middle aged men in a double blind test. Half the group received medication to reduce blood cholesterol, the other half received placebos. Neither the doctors, not the patients knew who was receiving what. Other factors like smoking etc. were statistically similar in the two groups. As far as I am aware, the study only connected the cholesterol levels in the blood with risk of heart attacks, it said nothing about the relation between ingested cholesterol and the levels in the blood. Sharad Singhal rabbit!ss
pc@hplabsb.UUCP (01/19/84)
I, too, was struck by yet another example of the media mangling the news. There are people with low serum cholesterol levels and people with high levels. People with low levels can eat egg yolks every day with little noticeable change in serum chol. level. People with high levels should avoid the intake of cholesterol at all costs. This problem seems to be partially inherited. I know of a young man who died of a heart attack at 33, leaving two young children behind. He had a high serum cholesterol level. One of the children was found to have the same problem. The child will be on a low cholesterol diet for the rest of his life, which is now likely to be much longer than his dad's. Patricia Collins hplabs