Statins, the cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs, are getting a lot of press these days. And, to be sure, they can save lives by dramatically lowering blood levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. But statin drugs are expensive and work only as long as you keep taking them. Also, they can have side effects and should not be taken by people with liver problems.
Which is why it is so heartening to learn that there are diets that can lower your cholesterol nearly as effectively as medication. Writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at the...
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