This is more confirmation that everything the American public has been told about diet and cholesterol for the past several decades has been seriously flawed. Is there any persuasive evidence that cholesterol-reducing diets or medication improves life expectancy? If not, why are &gt; 100k Americans being prescribed drugs with serious side effects and no significant benefit? Isn&#x27;t the first rule of medicine to do no harm?<p>Disclaimer: this is not my field of study.