Q. What have our bodies evolved to recognise, over millennia?
A. Fruits and vegetables.
Q. What have we largely adapted to in more recent times?
A. Cooked food
Q. What have millions of people been taking without access to the full range of data?
A. Statins
“a study of 26,000 people by Ishak Mansi, of the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, published last year, showed statin users had almost double the risk of developing diabetes. This year, a study from Japan suggested side-effects from statins might also be contributing to heart failure, while another from Michel de Lorgeril, of Grenoble University, analysing all published statin studies since 2006, said statins showed “no benefit” in heart disease prevention and caused “potentially fatal” muscle weakness”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/