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possible that individuals who survived beyond age eighty-five, especially those with high cholesterol, may be more robust.”
Lower Cholesterol = Bad
Given all the support that cholesterol provides, I suppose it’s not surprising that scientists are finding a deficiency in cholesterol and fat in diseased brains. Research is also suggesting an increased risk of neurological disorders with lower cholesterol levels.
A 2008 study from the journal Movement Disorders reported a 350% increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease in participants with the lowest cholesterol.
Likewise , in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2006, researchers from the Netherlands proved that higher levels of total cholesterol were associated with a decreased risk of Parkinson’s. Various research studies have also determined a correlation between low cholesterol and depression:
S cientists in a 1993 journal in the Lancet finding a 300% greater risk in the group with the lowest cholesterol, compared to the group with the highest.
Research from Sweden in 1997, and the Netherlands in 2000, came to the same conclusion, in both men and women. Sadly, a 2008 report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that:
T hose with a total cholesterol under 160, were 200% more likely to attempt suicide.
Although speculative, one could hypothesize that the i ncrease in depression over the last 50 years is associated with our questionable efforts to lower cholesterol.
Unfortunately, it’s not just our mental health, as low cholesterol has been linked to disrupted hormones, nutrient deficiencies, and even early death.
A 2009 study that followed 4,500 U.S. veterans for 15 years, showed that those with low cholesterol had a 7-FOLD increased risk of dying.
This is more than likely because of the protection and su pport that cholesterol provides for cell membranes and the hormonal and nutrient deficiencies are not surprising, given that cholesterol is a precursor for steroid hormones.
The average testosterone level in males is down 22% compared to 20 years ago!
An adequate intake of essential fats combined with a ch olesterol lowering medication can seriously disrupt the production and transport of steroidal hormones, like testosterone. In spite of their prevalence, statin medications prescribed to lower cholesterol are known to diminish testosterone levels. This is likely why decreased libido is the most common complaint doctors hear from statin users.
Those on statins are more than twice as likely to have low t estosterone.
Statins = Harmful to Health
Although cholesterol has very little to do with heart disease and having low cholesterol can be detrimental to your health, doctors continue to recommend statins to their patients. In fact, the standards for prescribing this pharmaceutical drug to lower cholesterol have been adjusted significantly over the last 30 years. Statins used to be suggested for someone with a total cholesterol level of 240 that smoked and was inactive. In the mid 80’s, the second two risk factors were removed and doctors were able to prescribe cholesterol-lowering meds to anyone with a level of 200. It’s now 180, and sadly:
The American Academy of Pediatrics now suggests prescribing statins to 8 year old children, and recommends scre ening children as young as 2!
Remember, this is for a drug to lower cholesterol, which has ‘NO ASSOCIATION’ with heart disease. Furthermore, it’s evident that this drug has been unsuccessful in doing what it was designed to do:
“The incidence, per capita, of heart failure has more than doubled since cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were introduced in 1987.”
The drugs designed to prevent heart disease don’t prevent heart disease because the problem is not high cholesterol.
Aside from the over diagnosis and ineffectiveness, a recent review study identified over 900 research papers showing adverse effects from statin use (HMG-CoA reductase),
Lower Cholesterol = Bad
Given all the support that cholesterol provides, I suppose it’s not surprising that scientists are finding a deficiency in cholesterol and fat in diseased brains. Research is also suggesting an increased risk of neurological disorders with lower cholesterol levels.
A 2008 study from the journal Movement Disorders reported a 350% increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease in participants with the lowest cholesterol.
Likewise , in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2006, researchers from the Netherlands proved that higher levels of total cholesterol were associated with a decreased risk of Parkinson’s. Various research studies have also determined a correlation between low cholesterol and depression:
S cientists in a 1993 journal in the Lancet finding a 300% greater risk in the group with the lowest cholesterol, compared to the group with the highest.
Research from Sweden in 1997, and the Netherlands in 2000, came to the same conclusion, in both men and women. Sadly, a 2008 report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that:
T hose with a total cholesterol under 160, were 200% more likely to attempt suicide.
Although speculative, one could hypothesize that the i ncrease in depression over the last 50 years is associated with our questionable efforts to lower cholesterol.
Unfortunately, it’s not just our mental health, as low cholesterol has been linked to disrupted hormones, nutrient deficiencies, and even early death.
A 2009 study that followed 4,500 U.S. veterans for 15 years, showed that those with low cholesterol had a 7-FOLD increased risk of dying.
This is more than likely because of the protection and su pport that cholesterol provides for cell membranes and the hormonal and nutrient deficiencies are not surprising, given that cholesterol is a precursor for steroid hormones.
The average testosterone level in males is down 22% compared to 20 years ago!
An adequate intake of essential fats combined with a ch olesterol lowering medication can seriously disrupt the production and transport of steroidal hormones, like testosterone. In spite of their prevalence, statin medications prescribed to lower cholesterol are known to diminish testosterone levels. This is likely why decreased libido is the most common complaint doctors hear from statin users.
Those on statins are more than twice as likely to have low t estosterone.
Statins = Harmful to Health
Although cholesterol has very little to do with heart disease and having low cholesterol can be detrimental to your health, doctors continue to recommend statins to their patients. In fact, the standards for prescribing this pharmaceutical drug to lower cholesterol have been adjusted significantly over the last 30 years. Statins used to be suggested for someone with a total cholesterol level of 240 that smoked and was inactive. In the mid 80’s, the second two risk factors were removed and doctors were able to prescribe cholesterol-lowering meds to anyone with a level of 200. It’s now 180, and sadly:
The American Academy of Pediatrics now suggests prescribing statins to 8 year old children, and recommends scre ening children as young as 2!
Remember, this is for a drug to lower cholesterol, which has ‘NO ASSOCIATION’ with heart disease. Furthermore, it’s evident that this drug has been unsuccessful in doing what it was designed to do:
“The incidence, per capita, of heart failure has more than doubled since cholesterol-lowering statin drugs were introduced in 1987.”
The drugs designed to prevent heart disease don’t prevent heart disease because the problem is not high cholesterol.
Aside from the over diagnosis and ineffectiveness, a recent review study identified over 900 research papers showing adverse effects from statin use (HMG-CoA reductase),
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