• The all-cause death rate is higher in individuals with cholesterol levels lower than 180 mg/dl. (Circulation 1992 86:3:1026-1029)
  • Another study found that low cholesterol was associated with worse outcomes and impaired survival rates while elevated cholesterol was NOT associated with hypertension, diabetes or coronary heart disease. (Journal of Cardiology, August 2002)
  • Japanese study finds that as cholesterol levels went up, death rates from cardiovascular heart disease went down. (Journal of Epidemiology Dec. 1993)
  • European study of 11,500 patients found that risk of death in those with cholesterol below 160 was 2.27 times HIGHER than those with cholesterol over 240. (European Heart Journal, 1997)
  • The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters. (Lab Invest 1968 18:498)
  • Low-fat diets are associated with increased rates of depression, psychological problems, fatigue, violence and suicide. (Lancet 3/21/92 v339)
  • Children on low-fat diets suffer from growth problems, failure to thrive & learning disabilities. (Food Chem News 10/3/94)
  • The fatty acids found in artery clogs are mostly UNSATURATED (74%) of which 41% are POLYUNSATURATED. (Lancet 1994 344:1195)
  • The annual all-cause death rate of vegetarian men is SLIGHTLY MORE than that of non-vegetarian men (93% vs 89%); the annula all-cause death rae of vegetarian women is SGINIFICANTLY MORE than that of non-vegetararian women (86% vs 54%). (Am J Clin Nutr 1982 36:873)
  • Fifty years of mainstream nutritional research and hundreds of millions of research dollars have NOT proved that eating a low fat diet will help you live longer. Gary Taubes, Science, March 30, 2001.