Heart attacks and cholesterol: Agribusiness sees it differently

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DESCRIPTION: The average “bad” cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the “near-optimal” range, suggesting that the current guidelines are too lax. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at and I’ll try to answer it! Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. Be sure to check out all the videos on heart disease ( and industry influence (

And check out my associated blog post “Generic Lipitor is not the answer to our heart disease epidemic.” (

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