[copperx]

Your answer does pique my interest, but mostly to find data supporting or disproving your reasoning that sounds totally reasonable. But as you know, experimental results don't always support common sense.

For example, when your wrote "statins, sure they might block a pathway so cholesterol shows up lower when you measure, but how is that number in any way indicative of good health?", You're making way too many assumptions. Statins have been shown to reduce strokes and heart attacks. Does having a lower likelihood of having a stroke means you're healthier? Not necessarily. But what does it mean to be healthy, anyways? You can define it in so many ways.