The more times a lie is repeated by the number of people that repeat it, the more people believe it as the truth. This is the evolution of a lie to a truth.

Here's a good example:

For years, people have been told that they have to cut down on foods high in cholesterol so that their blood serum cholesterol will go down. It sounds legitimate right? After all, cholesterol causes heart disease, right? Wrong! There has been no link established between how much cholesterol is consumed and how much cholesterol is in the blood. The human body produces its own cholesterol. The perceived link is the truth that the people who started it want you to believe. That way, they can sell you drugs to lower your cholesterol if your diet changes don't lower it.

How many people have you heard it from? It's in the thousands, I'm sure. Television and radio advertising, doctors and advocates are a few of them. The lie has been repeated so many times and so many times from people who are supposed to be an "authority" on the subject that the lie has become the truth for many people.

One of my grandmothers, God rest her soul, died at the age of 90. She ate pork and pork products (very high in fat and cholesterol) along with other high cholesterol items (such as eggs) all of her life. She had raised pigs, chickens, and other farm animals for her immediate family to live on (starting before the great depression). She did not die of heart disease. I wonder what she would have thought about the "truth of cholesterol"?

If your concerned with having too much of the bad (LDL) cholesterol in your system, please stay away from prescription drugs. They do more harm than good, in my opinion, because of the side effects. Take a few minutes and learn how to increase HDL (the good cholesterol) by controlling your diet and exercising. If you increase the HDL in your system, your LDL will naturally decrease.

Follow-Up Article: The Myths of Cholesterol