The Answer to Childhood Obesity? Ayurveda! NOT Statin Drugs

September 7, 2008 · Posted in Wellness, Fitness and Diet

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read in the New York Times that the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new guidelines to “aggressively screen and medicate for high cholesterol in children” and that they plan on administering cholesterol-lowering drugs - called statins - to kids as young as age 8! Age 8!