> You assert that the production of cholesterol is not the problem. Since you claim that I am starting from the wrong axiom, what do you believe is the root cau

> You assert that the production of cholesterol is not the problem. Since you claim that I am starting from the wrong axiom, what do you believe is the root cause of hypercholesterolemia? The issue is cardiac mortality. I assert cholesterol is not the cause [1]. I further claim that assuming that it is, and orienting research that way, is equivalent to starting from the wrong axiom. I don't say you particularly start from the wrong axiom, rather that the general approach does. Your counter is "Since you claim that I am starting from the wrong axiom, what do you believe is the root cause of hypercholesterolemia?" This is orthogonal because we are not concerned with cholesterol. Here is a corrected version of the question I assume you meant to ask. "what do you believe is the root cause of the current sudden cardiac mortality epidemic?" Answer: carbohydrate/omega-6 induced Metabolic Syndrome. If this seems like begging the question [2], I will make it plainer: carbohydrate overfeeding coupled with excessive omega-6 consumption. Our bodily mechanisms necessarily mean it will lead to Syndrome X / Type 2 diabetes / early-onset cardiac mortality. [2] because Metabolic syndrome is so ill-specified as to really be just a combination of symptoms. [1] except pathological cases above, say 500mg/dl