High Cholesterol/Triglyceride/Blood Pressure Drug Pushers

I'm hardly surprised as to what companies will do for money. I guess this discussion was spawned by a commercial I saw last night about a drug that lowers cholesterol. I don't recall what the name was, but you coult go pick any one of the dozens that are out there.

These drug companies differ little from cigarette manufacturers. No...I'd say they're worse than cigarette makers. Not only do they tell you that you can't lower your cholesterol without the help of drugs (man made or natural), but IMHO they wage active campaigns against those who do show you how to get off of their drugs, such as the Atkins diet, or some other carb controlled diet (CCD). All for their own gain.

CCD's are proven to lower cholesterol and triglycerides, and I haven't met a doctor yet who will deny this. However, because Atkins is villified in the popular media, CCD's get a bad rap. Anecdotes are trotted out where certain people did stupid things, like eating nothing but bacon for a month, and then dying. There's the popular urban myth that Dr. Atkins died of a heart attack, also used to discredit CCD's. The reality is that he slipped and fell, hitting his head on something. He died during his subsequent stay at a hospital.

At any rate, I'm of the opinion that the cholesterol/blood pressure drug industry is behind the anti-CCD message. CCD's show you how to get these problems under control. The drug industry doesn't want you to get these propblems under control by yourself.