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Cholesterol: Dangerous gunk?
Or, just plain bunk?

Is cholesterol really the cause of heart disease?

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Todd R. Nordstrom

Haven’t we all heard enough about cholesterol? The pharmaceutical ads that promise to lower cholesterol are everywhere. You can’t turn on the television without seeing one—promising a reduced risk of heart attack. Today, even the sides of our cereal boxes promote cholesterol-lowering properties. So, it’s no surprise that for the last two decades the American public has been squeamishly avoiding the one thing that has been deemed the evil cause of the heart disease epidemic in America—cholesterol.

Oh, but wait a second. Oops. There is one little glitch to the cholesterol theory—one teeny tiny tidbit of information that seems to elude all the media hype. Even though the American public consumes less cholesterol than ever before, the incidence of heart disease continues to rise at a staggering pace. That’s right, no matter what we do or what they say, the statistics of heart disease are getting worse.

So, is cholesterol dangerous gunk? Or, is the whole theory just plain bunk?

“More people develop heart disease today than ever before,” says Dr. Dwight Lundell, a heart surgeon with more than 25 years of experience and co-author of the new book The Cure for Heart Disease. “Every 34 seconds a person in this country dies of a heart attack. That’s a terriying statistic—every single day that’s 2500 people who die of a disease we can cure. Sure, medical community has introduced fantastic new technologies to prolong life—I played a role in the development of some of those technologies. But, we (the medical community) can’t keep up with the growing incidence of the disease. More people live with the disease than ever before in history.”

Let’s be blunt, we’re tired of hearing the discussion about cholesterol because nothing changes except our dining satisfaction—no more red meats, no more eggs, and no more of the good stuff that fed our nation for centuries.

“We’re chasing the wrong cause of heart disease,” says Dr. Lundell. “If the American public knew the real reasons people develop and die from heart disease, the statistics of heart disease could be dramatically reduced. It’s time to quit chasing cures that aren’t backed by science—like the cholesterol theory. That’s the simple truth.”

Dr. Lundell, a heart surgeon with more than 5000 surgeries to his credit, granted people a second chance at life every single day. Lundell specialized

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