Article on Statins You Need To Read

My doctor and I have an agreement: If she ever wants me to stop being her patient, she'll try to get me to start taking statins. I consider them nearly useless, hideously over-hyped and over-prescribed, and potentially very dangerous. Take a look at this blog post by Tom Naughton, at the Fathead blog, to see what I'm talking about.

By the way, Tom's documentary, Fathead , is an hilarious rebuttal of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me: Tom spent a month eating at fast food places, but choosing his food according to modestly low carb principles -- and lost weight and improved his bloodwork. It's endlessly entertaining and eye-opening stuff. Highly recommended.