Heart Disease now Proven a result of Inflammation

Big news just hit the medical community (November 2008)regarding widely prescribed Statins, and their effects on Cholesterol. In response, Dr. Ladd McNamara, M.D. states:
I was concerned several years ago as the American Heart Association, backed by the pharmaceutical companies, continued to make and revise recommendations regarding how low doctors should reduce their patients' LDL cholesterol levels.... Statin drugs are the top-selling drugs in the world, bringing in more money for Big Pharma than any other class of drugs. It was this con of convincing the public that high cholesterol was the cause of atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke caused me to write the first edition of my book in 2004, The Cholesterol Conspiracy...
My contention has always been that it is NOT high cholesterol that is the main cause of plaque formation, heart disease, and stroke, but rather it is the OXIDATION of LDL cholesterol and the INFLAMMATION of the arterial lining (called the endothelium) that is the culprit to the number one cause of death for both men and women.
The recent study reported at the American Heart Association in New Orleans, known as JUPITER, proved my case: if you reduce oxidation and inflammation you can reduce the risk of death from heart disease and stroke! However, unlike the JUPITER study, which proposed the way to do it is with statin drugs, I believe the best course to reduce LDL oxidation and arterial inflammation is with nutritional supplements.
Exerpted from:
http://www.laddmcnamara.com/

Learn more:
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=282
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/crp/AN01952