The Great Cholesterol Con [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONAll humans must die astatlnate,astatinate!'A DaiekWe are bombarded with so much confusing nonsense about heart disease that it is difficult to know where to start. Each day that dawns, it seems, heralds a new study that flatly contradicts the last. Omega 3 fish oils are good for you; Omega 3 fish oils are not good for you. Alcohol protects against heart disease; alcohol does not protect against heart disease. Coffee is good for you; coffee is bad for you. Or maybe it was excess milk in the diet, or green-leaf tea, or To quote my lovely daughter,'yeah, whatever'.It has reached the point where I feel like shouting, 'Listen guys, I know you need to 'publish or perish', and the more publicity you can achieve the bigger the next research budget, but you're scaring people half to death. No one knows what to do or what to believe any more. And by the way, your study was RUBBISH! Now go away, grow your beard, and do some proper boring research that no one can understand.'But they won't. For it's so much more fun to appear on a news programme, talking earnestly about your discovery of the latest possible cause of heart attacks - a danger that the public absolutely, positively must be warned about. Afterwards, you will probably be invited to lucrative speaking engagements at international cardiology1 Adapted from DrWhoandtheDaleks (1965).Screenplay by Milton Subotsky. Based on the BBCTelevision serial by Terry Nation. Produced by Milton Subotsky and Max J Rosenberg.vn