Diet has never been shown to reduce cardiovascular disease or death noted Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD

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"[T]here is no evidence that diet prevents cardiovascular morbidity or mortality," noted Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD.

"This effect was shown in a systematic review of eight ecological, 41 cross-sectional, 25 cohort, six case-control studies, and a meta-analysis of nine controlled randomised dietary trials."

This is a quote from a Letter to the Editor published in the Lancet in 2000.

REFERENCE

Ravnskov U. Prevention of atherosclerosis in children. Lancet. 2000 Jan 1, 355(9197):69.

AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION

Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, independent investigator
President of THINCS, The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics
Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, 22350 Lund, Sweden

tel +46 46145022 or +46-702580416
http://www.ravnskov.nu/uffe
http://www.thincs.org/

Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Note: This article was published with Uffe Ravnskov’s approval.

It is posted on his website here

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About the Author

About Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD

Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD is an independent investigator, and the President of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (http://www.THINCS.org).

He is also the author of several books, including:

Fat and Cholesterol are Good for You (2009)

Ignore the Awkward : How the Cholesterol Myths Are Kept Alive (2010)

The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease (2002)

Note: His book “Fat and Cholesterol are good for you is a shortened, simplified and updated version of his first book, “The Cholesterol Myths”.

 

Contact Info

Contact Info for Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD

Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, independent investigator
President of THINCS, The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics
Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, 22350 Lund, Sweden

tel +46 46145022 or +46-702580416
http://www.ravnskov.nu/uffe
http://www.thincs.org/

Email:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

 

More about the Author

More about Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD

Here is his biography from Amazon.com.

“Uffe Ravnskov was born 1934 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated in 1961 from the University of Copenhagen with an M.D, but has worked most of his time as a clinician and a researcher in Sweden, where he got his PhD from the University of Lund.

“He has published more than 100 papers and letters critical of the cholesterol campaign; most of them in major medical journals. Honoured by the Skrabanek Award 1999 given by Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland for original contributions in the field of medical skepticism, and by the 2007 Leo-Huss-Walin Prize for Independent Thinking in Natural Sciences And Medicine.

“He is a member of the editorial board of two medical journals and is the creator and spokesman of THINCS, The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (http://www.thincs.org), an organization that includes more than 100 researchers and other university graduates from all over the world.

“More details about Uffe Ravnskov are available on http://www.ravnskov.nu/uffe”

 

About the Author on Wikipedia

About Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD on Wikipedia

You can read more about him on Wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffe_Ravnskov

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