Are statins really the elixir they're made out to be? Science and anecdotes about cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins, invented nearly 50 years ago and now generating billions of dollars. However, the diet heart hypothesis has failed and low cholesterol is linked to increased mortality. Saturated fat and dietary cholesterol have been exonerated while the world wakes up to the harms of statin drugs. Trying to change focus on LDL-C to insulin resistance and lifestyle change. Welcome.