What always concerns me about all these new wonder drugs that hit the market.

Is that they are dangerous and useless.

Dangerous in that cutting 69% of your cholesterol.

we need cholesterol.

a money making machine designed by big pharma

I have lived on a ketogenic diet for over 20 years.

75% of my calory intake are made up of fats.

I eat a ton of high cholesterol foods

I an an old geezer. I have regular check ups at my GP.

My cholesterol levels are below average.

The research:

The study reviewed research of almost 70,000 people and found that elevated levels of “bad cholesterol” did not raise the risk of early death from cardiovascular disease in people over 60.

High cholesterol 'does not cause heart disease' new research finds, so treating with statins a 'waste of time'

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/12/high-choleste...

Detailed discussion including how it works:

https://biotech.industryexaminer.com/gene-edit-to-lower-chol...

(It's gene-editing: puts in a premature stop codon in the PCSK9 gene preventing it from being expressed)

Artificially cutting high cholesterol levels is like killing the astronauts to solve a CO2 buildup.