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You say, "... is like a physician saying: "Eat all the bacon and eggs you want now that you are taking Lipitor.""

I think they ought to say, "Eat all the bacon and eggs you want and stop taking Lipitor."

Before you dismiss that, read Gary Taubes "Good Calories, Bad Calories" which explains the history of why doctors do not say what you imply they shouldn't. That idea that fat in the diet is to be avoided is founded on bad science and fails to appreciate the actual facts of fat metabolism in humans. The low fat, high carb diet we've seen promoted for the last few decades is now best understood as a major factor leading to the epidemic of obesity and all the problems deriving therefrom. In England, Taubes book is called "The Diet Delusion".

Furthermore, it would be wise to learn about NNT, the number needed to treat to get each improvement in health via some pharmaceutical intervention. When the NNT is larger than 10, then adverse reactions would have to be rare to make me enthusiastic about taking that pill. If I recall correctly, the NNT for Lipitor is well over 20 which makes it expensive as well.

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