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Many pilots have a growing concern when they are getting closer to retirement age: The aviation medical. Will I pass next time? Or will I have to retire from flying too early?
In many countries, pilots are recommended to take statin drugs to control their cholesterol. But is cholesterol rally that bad? And do statin drugs reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular desease?
The answers will surprise you.
Please check the links:
- Dr. David Diamond “Deception in cholesterol research.” youtube.com/watch?v=inwfSkSGvQw
- Ancel Keys, a brief profile youtube.com/watch?v=kOifkb4JlfY
- Ancel Keys biography http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/bio-sketch/keys-ancel/
- American Heart Association heart.org
- Evie Magazine: “American Heart Association was paid off by Procter & Gamble to say heart disease was caused by saturated fat, not seed oils.” eviemagazine.com/post/american-heart-association-was-paid-procter-gamble-heart-disease-saturated-fat-seed-oils-sugar
- About Crisco: npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/09/144918710/the-forgotten-fascinating-saga-of-crisco
- Tomohito Hamazaki: “Towards a Paradigm Shift in Cholesterol Treatment.” karger.com/anm/article-pdf/66/Suppl.%204/1/2183714/000381654.pdf
- Henna Cederberg: “Increased risk of diabetes with statin treatment is associated with impaired insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion.” link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-015-3528-5#
- Professor John Yudkin: “Diet and coronary thrombosis: Hypothesis and fact.” sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673657906141
- Minnesota Coronary Experiment: researchgate.net/publication/301279770_Re-evaluation_of_the_traditional_diet-heart_hypothesis_Analysis_of_Recovered_data_from_Minnesota_Coronary_Experiment_1968-73
- Framingham Heart Study: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham_Heart_Study
- Framingham Heart Study: “LDL Particle Number and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease”: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19657464
- Corn oil in treatment of ischemic heart disease: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2166702/?page=1
- The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial results: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6361299
- Statins and risk of type 2 diabetes: frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1239335/full
- Effect of the magnitude of lipid lowering on risk of elevated liver enzymes, rhabdomyolysis, and cancer: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17662392
- Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38461-y
- Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255
- The Guardian: “The sugar conspiracy.” theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin
- “50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat.” npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat
- Dr. Gabe Mirkin: drmirkin.com/nutrition/big-sugar-paid-harvard-to-say-that-sugar-is-healthful.html
- James J. DiNicolantonio et al: “The evidence for saturated fat and for sugar related to coronary heart disease.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26586275
- Dr. Anthony Jay “You want high cholesterol.” youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-x5PRkSxI
- Dr. Eric Berg: youtube.com/@Drberg
- Dr. Sten Ekberg: youtube.com/@drekberg
- Dr. Annette Bosworth: youtube.com/@DoctorBoz
Many pilots have a growing concern when they are getting closer to retirement age: The aviation medical. Will I pass next time? Or will I have to retire from flying too early?
In many countries, pilots are recommended to take statin drugs to control their cholesterol. But is cholesterol rally that bad? And do statin drugs reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular desease?
The answers will surprise you.
Please check the links:
- Dr. David Diamond “Deception in cholesterol research.” youtube.com/watch?v=inwfSkSGvQw
- Ancel Keys, a brief profile youtube.com/watch?v=kOifkb4JlfY
- Ancel Keys biography http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/bio-sketch/keys-ancel/
- American Heart Association heart.org
- Evie Magazine: “American Heart Association was paid off by Procter & Gamble to say heart disease was caused by saturated fat, not seed oils.” eviemagazine.com/post/american-heart-association-was-paid-procter-gamble-heart-disease-saturated-fat-seed-oils-sugar
- About Crisco: npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/09/144918710/the-forgotten-fascinating-saga-of-crisco
- Tomohito Hamazaki: “Towards a Paradigm Shift in Cholesterol Treatment.” karger.com/anm/article-pdf/66/Suppl.%204/1/2183714/000381654.pdf
- Henna Cederberg: “Increased risk of diabetes with statin treatment is associated with impaired insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion.” link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-015-3528-5#
- Professor John Yudkin: “Diet and coronary thrombosis: Hypothesis and fact.” sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673657906141
- Minnesota Coronary Experiment: researchgate.net/publication/301279770_Re-evaluation_of_the_traditional_diet-heart_hypothesis_Analysis_of_Recovered_data_from_Minnesota_Coronary_Experiment_1968-73
- Framingham Heart Study: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham_Heart_Study
- Framingham Heart Study: “LDL Particle Number and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease”: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19657464
- Corn oil in treatment of ischemic heart disease: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2166702/?page=1
- The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial results: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6361299
- Statins and risk of type 2 diabetes: frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1239335/full
- Effect of the magnitude of lipid lowering on risk of elevated liver enzymes, rhabdomyolysis, and cancer: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17662392
- Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38461-y
- Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255
- The Guardian: “The sugar conspiracy.” theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin
- “50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat.” npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat
- Dr. Gabe Mirkin: drmirkin.com/nutrition/big-sugar-paid-harvard-to-say-that-sugar-is-healthful.html
- James J. DiNicolantonio et al: “The evidence for saturated fat and for sugar related to coronary heart disease.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26586275
- Dr. Anthony Jay “You want high cholesterol.” youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-x5PRkSxI
- Dr. Eric Berg: youtube.com/@Drberg
- Dr. Sten Ekberg: youtube.com/@drekberg
- Dr. Annette Bosworth: youtube.com/@DoctorBoz
