Glenn, I agree with your premise totally. I think the cholesterol thing is over hyped....They do keep lowering the levels, so much so that even a trained endurance athlete has trouble meeting the cut offs.

Same thing with glucose, with blood pressure etc. Seems pharma may be wanting us to take pills to control every aspect of our homeostasis. I am not convinced all of this contributes substantially to longevity or quality of life.

Eh, I am not sold on all the statins. Hubby takes one, but, if he loses the weight, I know his cholesterol will go down. (I am not sold on most meds these days....I have an adverse reaction to every single one.)

I miss exercise, hugely. It is not in the picture these days.

JoanB, I agree on the high fructose corn syrup thing. Then again, we DO have choices as to what we put in our mouths. (I do rebound healthy eating....I fall off the wagon way too much and bite for the 'bad' food) If it was simply not available, I would be better off.