Hi amanda–

Click here, go to the bottom of the page and click on the book. Or, go to almost any bookstore.

Cheers–

MRE 

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Thought you would, but I couldn’t resist plugging two of my fellow Brits to your readers!!

Hi Neil–

MRE

Malcolm Kendrick M.D. has just had published “The Great Cholesterol Lie” He is a long standing Cholesterol skeptic, he is also a humorous writer.

Barry Groves (Author of Eat Fat Get Thin) also has a new book out this month called Natural Health and Weight Loss. His writing should be of interest to you, Dr Eades, as well as your readers.

Hi Neil–

I know of both of the above authors and have both of their books on order.  So many books, so little time.

Best–

MRE 

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html

Hi Martha–

Thanks for the info.  It will indeed take a little time to pore through all of this.  One wonders why the AHA doesn’t just provide it for heart disease as the American Cancer Society does for cancer.

Cheers–

MRE 

When I first read The Cholesterol Myth by Ravnskov, I was disappointed. He does a great job in destroying the cholesterol myth but the book doesn’t go any further. Anthony’s book picks up that ball and runs with it.

Hi Ryan–

Thanks for the info.  I’m eager to read the rest of it as soon as I get the time.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hi Anna–

I had the same problem with the softcover book version.  I have perfect eyesight, other than having to wear reading glasses, and I found it tough even with those.  At least for long periods.  Anthony sent me an e-book version that I have been printing off with much larger type.  The book is good and does echo Ravnskov’s book, but it’s worth a read on its own.  One can never get enough anti-lipid hypothesis material.

Cheers–

MRE 

I don’t have a medical background and am not really up on this literature, so I’d be interested to hear your opinions on this.

Hi syl–

It’s not really a table showing that the incidence is increasing, it’s my interpretation of the hospital data.  The AHA for some reason doesn’t want to make statistics on incidence easy to find.  What they want people to focus on is the decreased death rate from heart disease because it looks like they are doing their job.  But in my opinion their job should be prevention, and if the incidence figures are increasing (or even staying the same) it doesn’t look as if a whole lot of preventing is going on.  And the AHA gets significant funding from the makers of statin drugs, a group that really wouldn’t want the idea made public that heart disease hasn’t been on the decline despite millions being on statins.

Cheers–

MRE 

I worked for 15 years at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Believe me, you can find statistics to support any theory or point of view you want to espouse.

You are quite right that it is the incidence of the disease that counts, and it’s no wonder that this particular statistic is being withheld from easy access.

Hi Odille–

Yep, statistics on the incidence of heart disease are hard to come by. If you look on the American Cancer Society site, you can see that they list statistics for each year going back some time. So, if you are interested to see what the incidence of pancreatic cancer was in 2001, you can find it there. If you go to the American Heart Association site, you will find the current year’s statistics. You can’t go back to find an earlier year’s stats. If you Google heart disease statistics and 2001 you get taken to the current AHA site. The only way you can compare is to print out the 2001 statistics in 2001, then wait for 2006 and compare. Problem is, as I wrote in the post, the AHA says that the figures aren’t accurate for comparison.

Makes you wonder why they make these numbers so hard to find.

Cheers–

MRE

Regards,
Craig.