This stuff really gets my goat. These kind of large epidemiological studies prove absolutely nothing. We have no idea about risk factors or any other factors that were or were not controlled for. The only thing that was looked at was absolute LDL numbers. There are seven different kinds of LDL, some can be harmful, others not. Which types are they talkling about. There are many subtle, yet important, elements in the human cholesterol management system, and this study accounts for none of them. To put 36 milliion people on statin drugs because of this kind of garbage study is highly unethical.

If people would control their insulin resistance, a large portion of the disorders for which we take prescription drugs would be eliminated. Unfortunately, there's only one way to control insulin resistance--controlling carbohydrate intake. Since there's no way for drug companies to make money off of this, don't expect to see any studies demonstrating the connection between insulin resistance and cholesterol anytime soon.