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Interview with the awesome Richard Vobes https://youtu.be/uYgZ1jP1_HQ?si=dytGktr2WwghCyqy
Like many others trying to get the truth out, Mark's YouTube channel has been deleted so here's a link to the interview I did with him...
Basically, High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) is the good cholesterol, and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) is the bad, although we need both. Guidelines are there to pick up high-risk patients and get them on statins. They measure both but add them up! So you could have a lot of good cholesterol and minimal bad cholesterol and still be 'above target' and be put on statins! GPs do not know this.
HDL-C is good as it goes around and cleans the plaque from the arteries, while LDL-C goes around and patches up damaged arteries with cholesterol, repairing them. At some stage the repair could block the heart arteries and cause a heart attack. However, taking statins once you have artery damage will…