Comments on: Book review: “Genome” by Matt Ridley http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2006/09/15/book-review-genome-by-matt-ridley/ Eli Bendersky's personal website Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:25:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tim Hollingsworth http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2006/09/15/book-review-genome-by-matt-ridley/#comment-3916 Tim Hollingsworth Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:39:31 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2006/09/15/book-review-genome-by-matt-ridley/#comment-3916 I should read this book again, it's loaded with all kinds of fascinating anecdotes. If memory serves, at one point he describes people on low cholesterol diets being no better off because the decrease in risk of heart disease is almost exactly offset by an increase in risk of violent death. Apparently the body uses cholesterol to produce seratonin, a lack of which will make you more impulsive and foolhardy. Highly recommended read. I should read this book again, it’s loaded with all kinds of fascinating anecdotes.

If memory serves, at one point he describes people on low cholesterol diets being no better off because the decrease in risk of heart disease is almost exactly offset by an increase in risk of violent death. Apparently the body uses cholesterol to produce seratonin, a lack of which will make you more impulsive and foolhardy.

Highly recommended read.

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