There is research out there that shows that when over 65 comparing the lowest quartile and highest quartile in cholesterol levels, the higher cholesterol group had lower all cause mortality. I can't remember for sure but I think it also had lower heart disease mortality. This is research from the past, not the most current in the link down below. Cholesterol has been unduly vilified. LDL cholesterol is absolutely essential for the body to function as the LDL is the transporter for triglycerides around the body for energy. The cholesterol is a smaller component that hitches a ride on the LDL lipoprotein. There is still some debate about what all the functions are and not all scientists are in agreement. But randomized controlled trials have shown that LDL is a very poor predictor of future heart disease. There are lots of other markers that are much more important (like HbA1c - sugar oxidizes and damages the LDL into small dense particles which are believed to be the real problem) risk factors, but since there are highly profitable drugs that can lower cholesterol it seems to be the whipping boy because a pill can be prescribed for it. Great interview below. Higher LDL has lower all cause mortality. Still want to take a drug to lower the cholesterol? If you absolutely do not have time to watch the whole video skip forward to 8:20 to get to the punch line. It appears treating high cholesterol is another case of treating the symptoms of a disease rather than going after the root cause. Very much along the same lines as treating type II diabetes as a high blood sugar disease by treating the symptoms of high blood glucose rather than treating the root cause of the disease which is hyperinsulinemia, or in other words, too much insulin because of insulin resistance. Treating the symptoms of the disease rather than treating the disease itself. Trying to lower cholesterol when cholesterol is just tracking the problem rather than creating it. The comments below the video are often interesting. John
Edited by John Burns 3/15/2020 10:52
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John Burns ? about cholesterol
