Monday, 19 April 2010

Lowering cholesterol and mortality

Published in the BMJ. 1993 May 22;306(6889):1367-73.

Cholesterol lowering and mortality: the importance of considering initial level of risk.
Smith GD, Song F, Sheldon TA.
Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8518602?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=2&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

The study found that lowering cholesterol could lead to net harm in substantial groups of patients.

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Recipe of the day

Boiled Beef Tongue

Ingredients:
1 Large beef tongue 3-4-5 lbs etc
1 Big kettle of water

Instructions:
Wash off Beef Tongue, and put into pot of cold water. Bring to a simmer and cook 3-4 hrs.

When removing cooked tongue from kettle simply remove the white film over tongue by PEELING it off. It comes off easily.

Serve with a good beef gravy.