Cholesterol & Statin Drugs
Separating Hype from Reality
Statin drugs do indeed help to lower cholesterol and LDL. Nevertheless, cholesterol reduction using a statin agent is far from the final word on reducing heart disease risk, as other risk factors for heart disease, such as low HDL and small LDL particles, are both independent of LDL and far more prevalent than high cholesterol. A number of interesting nutritional strategies are available to address total cholesterol, LDL, low HDL, and small LDL particles.