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Why go to the bother of changing one's
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diet when you just take a pill? In fact,
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they could just hand them out at the
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drive-thru. Ridiculous, you say?
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published in a prestigious cardiology
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journal last year. Quote, "The risk
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reduction associated with the daily
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consumption of most statins, the
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cholesterol-lowering drugs, is more
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powerful than the risk increase caused
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by the daily fat in extra fat intake
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associated with a quarter pounder with
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cheese and a small milkshake.
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In conclusion, statin therapy can
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neutralize the cardiovascular risk
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caused by harmful diet choices. Look,
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you want to ride a motorcycle, smoke,
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drive? We got helmets, filters, seat
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belts, right? If people are going to
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continue to smoke cigarettes, might as
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well put some filters on them. Likewise,
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some individuals eat unhealthily.
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Hey, fast food outlets already offer
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free condiments to supplement meals,
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right? So, why not a stat containing
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accompaniment? You've heard of ketchup
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packets? How about complimentary statin
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What about statin safety side effects?
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Right, they thought of that statins have
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a favorable risk to benefit to risk
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ratio with only rare adverse effects
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reported in liver, kidney, and muscle
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tissue. Yeah, if statins are to be made
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more readily available by fast food
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outlets, statin toxicity might become a
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greater concern. But uh look, we're
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talking about people who eat quarter
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pounders with cheese in a milkshake,
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right? Surely we can conclude that the
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documented safety record of statins is
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substantially better than that of fast
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food. They conclude, we envisage a
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future in which fast food restaurants
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encourage a holistic approach to healthy
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living. On ordering an unhealthy meal,
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the food will arrive labeled with a
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warning message similar to those found
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on cigarette packets. This meal
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increases your risk for heart disease
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and death. And on the tray next to the
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ketchup will be a new and protective
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packet, mixed statin, which could be
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sprinkled onto a quarter pounder or into
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a milkshake. This could easily be
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provided at no extra charge, just as
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sugar and salt. That's their holistic
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approach. Drugs in your Happy Meal,
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See figure four, it says. Are you ready?
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I couldn't even make this stuff up.
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Figure four. New concept in fast food
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risk reduction. No tablet can completely
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neutralize the harm to your individual
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health from eating unhealthily. Better
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ways to reduce your risk of death from
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heart attack include eating healthfully.
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See your doctor for complete advice.
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Though, of course, your doctor may very
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well be somewhere behind you in the
