> There are studies that show correlations between LDL cholesterol and risk of heart attacks (happy to show you some if you're curious).
Why wouldn't you? It seems like it would be unambiguously helpful both in general for the thread, and specifically for your argument.
For evidence that the lowering of LDL cholesterol lowers the risk of heart attacks, though, the evidence can't just be an association between heart attacks and naturally high cholesterol, which could obviously both spring from the same cause. An association between low cholesterol diets and heart attack rates, or good evidence that statins lowered mortality would both be interesting.
Why wouldn't you? It seems like it would be unambiguously helpful both in general for the thread, and specifically for your argument.
For evidence that the lowering of LDL cholesterol lowers the risk of heart attacks, though, the evidence can't just be an association between heart attacks and naturally high cholesterol, which could obviously both spring from the same cause. An association between low cholesterol diets and heart attack rates, or good evidence that statins lowered mortality would both be interesting.