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How low to go on LDL cholesterol, diet shaming, and the GMO banana no one wants

LDL-cholesterol: how low should you go? 

The so-called “bad” LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is considered by public health authorities to be a proven cause of heart disease, a view based on the fact that statins lower this type of cholesterol and also appear to reduce heart-disease risk. However, many studies stubbornly refuse to support the idea, i.e., they fa…