08 Nov 2022 --- The US-based Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued a statement disparaging a recent study that demonstrated the efficacy of pharmaceutical statin drugs compared to that of supplements commonly consumed for lowering cholesterol – the latter found to be 35.2% less effective. The CRN argues that the study is flawed and potentially biased. Delving into this issue, NutritionInsight speaks directly with two of the study’s authors, Dr. Luke Laffin, co-director of the Center for Blood Pressure Disorders and the medical director of cardiac rehabilitation at Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Karol Watson, professor of medicine and co-director of the program in preventive cardiology at the University of California Los Angeles.
