Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and BMI numbers are
used by doctors to prescribe a treatment to avoid the risk of future
health problems.
The problem is, these numbers are not
evidence-based. They are “expert” recommended targets. And Big Pharma’s
interests are more than well-represented in the experts’
recommendations.
Below, Alan Cassels describes these four
“health” targets as the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, four ways to
medicalise you, four ways to apply a disease-mongered label to you, and
four avenues for you to start living under a dark cloud.”...<<<Read More>>>.....
