Ignore the Awkward. Quotes

“Consider for example, that in 2002 the combined profits for the ten drug companies on the global business magazine Fortune’s 500 list were greater than the profits for all the other 490 businesses put together.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“It is impossible to build cell walls and nerve fibres without cholesterol. We”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“If so, you are a victim of the cholesterol campaign, the greatest medical scandal in modern times. Even”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“Do you avoid butter, cheese and cream because you are afraid of dying from a heart attack? Do”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“low cholesterol is a frequent finding in people with various types of mental disturbances.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“The truth is that the warnings against saturated fat are based upon data which has been manipulated.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“There is much evidence that reducing cholesterol may produce cancer.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“Pharmaceutical companies split up one serious side effect into several minor groups to prevent their drug from not being approved. This is an established method to keep alarming adverse effects below the one percent level. Amnesia for instance can be split into confusion, memory weakness, senility, dementia and impaired cognitive function. A serious and rather common problem simply falls apart when split into small groups.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“Atherosclerosis has nothing to do with the concentration of cholesterol in the blood.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive

“All cells are able to take up cholesterol from the blood if their own production is insufficient.”
― Uffe Ravnskov, Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive