I’m on the record as stating that cholesterol is not even close to the most important risk factor for cardiac disease, that the benefits of statins are small for most people, and that there are much more important things than cholesterol to focus on for overall health. This puts me a bit at odds with the “mainstream medical establishment,” and somewhat in league with the contrarians and “cholesterol sceptics.” On the flip side, I’m also on record as stating that this doesn’t mean cholesterol doesn’t matter at all, and that I believe statins do in fact have a role to play for select patients. Which puts me in conflict a bit with the above mentioned cholesterol sceptics. To quote the late, great Gerry Rafferty: “Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.”
