STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- The most significant risk factors of cardiovascular disease are insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and chronic inflammation
- The documentary “Heart of the Matter” exposes the saturated fat/cholesterol myths behind the statin fad and the financial links which lurk beneath
- The research by physiologist Ancel Benjamin Keys establishing the saturated fat/cholesterol theory omitted results from 16 countries
- Replacing saturated fats with double-bonded transfats is a health risk
- Polyunsaturated, omega 6 fats oxidize and become rancid, causing inflammation
- The worldwide success of dangerous and ineffective statins rests on poor science
