There&#x27;s a lot of subtlety when it comes to statins:<p>&quot;Statins are beneficial, but some have questioned whether their benefits are due to their ability to lower cholesterol or to their anti-inflammatory effects, or both. There are two competing hypotheses, the LDL hypothesis and the statin hypothesis. A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine sheds some light on that controversy and tips the balance in favor of the LDL hypothesis.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencebasedmedicine.org&#x2F;update-on-cholesterol-and-statins&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencebasedmedicine.org&#x2F;update-on-cholesterol-a...</a>