On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:07:39 -0500, "Bob M" <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:drugs. Therefore, it's impossible to know whether diet or drugs caused
this outcome. Moreover, if what you're trying to establish is that an
Ornish diet will stop heart events, why would you give people drugs? You
should have, at a minimum, the following groups: (1) a control group; (2)
a group on an Ornish diet; (3) a control group given drugs; and (4) a
group on an Ornish diet and given drugs.
Actually, I just tested my cholesterol yesterday. I wouldn't say I
eat low fat. I probably eat a higher fat diet than most (including
lots of dairy, a whole egg every day, nuts, some chips and chocolate,
etc.) and my reading was fairly good - (total cholesterol about 165).
That really re-enforced my belief that cholesterol consumption through
diet really isn't an issue for most people (really, it's the body's
production of cholesterol that's the big concern).