A Statin Nation

If you have been told that you must take statins or risk a devastating heart attack or stroke, you need to read this book. Dr Kendrick, a well-known statin sceptic and author of the bestselling <i>The Great Cholesterol Con</i>, has returned to the diet-heart-cholesterol battlefield to warn that people are being conned.<br><br>In relaxed and humorous style, he lifts the rock to allow the reader to peer underneath. He points out that statins, even in high-risk individuals, increase life expectancy by a mere four days after five years of treatment. Yet adverse effects have been swept under the carpet by researchers who are closely tied to the industry.<br><br>The way to avoid heart disease, and strokes, is simple – but, as this riveting book shows, it has nothing to do with lowering cholesterol levels.