This is in the "you gotta be kidding" department.

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/...-challenge-yet/

I read this quickly, but I saw no mention of the fact that LDL might actually have some health benefits. I recall reading somewhere that LDL is active in the immune system. What would the long-term side effects be -- aside from bankrupting the whole system? And all to shift some numbers in a lab test.