As an example of how completely absurd the evil influence doctors by pharmaceutical companies ... Several years ago I was a very healthy 44 yrs old, in very good condition, exercise every day is a healthy balanced food intake and food filled with antioxidants QUALITY, smoking, and no real risk factor for heart disease, and only because my cholesterol level has consistently measured around 190 for my adult life, the doctor advised me to start a statin drug.
Think about how this bizarre scenario! Pharmaceutical companies have a prescription prescription drugs that do not need the handle to the health of people with normal cholesterol levels who just happened to have a random number from the 200 that comes with. Fortunately, I declined to give a pig and have to fork over my hard earned money to potentially dangerous drug, and decided to start researching all the cholesterol and heart disease connection itself. Also believe that my mother, who is now 90 years, cholesterol levels slightly more than 200 throughout his life as well (as I did), but they are relatively healthy at the ripe old age of 90.
Over time, and scientists continue to learn about heart disease to learn, it is clear that over the last few years that inflammation in the body (NOT cholesterol levels) is what causes plaque build up in arteries and ultimately heart disease. Inflammation can be caused by many personal factors such as stress, smoking, viruses, smooth consumption and / or hydrogenated fats, the imbalance of omega-6 polyunsaturated fats to omega-3 polyunsaturated fats in the diet, more refined sugar in foods, etc.