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What Most Doctors Wont Tell You About

Cholesterol
October 2, 2014 Food & Nutrition, Health
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Say the word cholesterol

and many people cringe. To
them the word is directly
related to health problems

such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. I myself wrote in
the past about 10 ways to reduce your cholesterol naturally as well as
about this natural substance to lower cholesterol. However this time I want
to present you with a dierent point of view that claims that the above
assumption falls into the seemingly endless pit of health misconceptions,
and in fact it turns out that cholesterol is not only safe, but necessary for a
healthy lifestyle [1].
Ue Ravnskovs book The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy that
Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease has laid the
groundwork for a completely new perspective of cholesterol in the
nutritional science community. As an award-winning researcher and former
doctor, Ravnskov gives an authoritative consideration that cholesterols link
to health problems is more food myth than fact.
Contemporary society is no stranger to nutritional myths that make people
frequently, and unnecessarily, change their diets. In his book, Ravnskov
debunk the cholesterol myth and discuss why you might not have to dump
your egg yolks down the drain for a morning omelet.

What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a food compound that is found only in animal products. Its
entirely absent in fruit and vegetables and most commonly ingested from
egg yolks, butter, bacon, cooking oil and most other foods with saturated
fats. The bloodstream cholesterol comes mostly from the livers processing
of nutrients, as well as from ingesting food products containing it. Every cell
contains cholesterol and its abundant in living tissue.
Youll see below that cholesterol has more uses for the body than it is
typically given credit for. Its reach of health benets range from the brain
to bones to hormones and many other parts of the body and functions
within it. Its important to keep in mind that foods that are high in saturated
fats are often high in calories. Its this fact, claims the author, that makes
things like double cheeseburgers with bacon and cheese bad for your
health not the cholesterol.

The Myths
According to the book, there have been several widespread misconceptions
about cholesterol consumption. It is said to increase atherosclerosis, which
can lead to an increased likelihood of coronary heart disease. Some studies
have revealed that people with low blood cholesterol, however, can face
atherosclerotic just as people with high cholesterol. There has also been a
considerable amount of bias in the people tested, many of whom were more
susceptible to heart to disease to begin with [2].

Another claim is that other anti-cholesterol advocates have cited the drop
in blood pressure when reducing dietary animal fats. This does happen, but
the drop is relatively small (usually less than 4%), and when you decrease
cholesterol consumption, the body starts producing more cholesterol. There
have been cultures around the world, such as the African Samburu tribes
and Somalia shepherds, who have large amounts of saturated fats in their
diet, yet still have notably healthy cholesterol levels [3].
The author claims that heart attacks are frightening, but there hasnt
actually been a solid link between them and cholesterol in saturated fat.
Studies spanning the previous century have failed to actually link people
that had heart attacks with higher saturated fat diets. The diets of most
heart attack victims were relatively similar to the rest of the population in
terms of cholesterol consumption, leaving a dire need for more relevant and
modern studies [4].
According to the book, the bulk of theory that denotes a low-fat diet as an
explicitly healthier alternative is outdated and often cast away as unreliable.
One study happened more than half a century ago and used rabbits instead
of human test subjects, eventually forming the fallacy that people should
avoid fat in their diets [5]. There have been many experiments like this
since, most of them with a common aw: citing nutritional facts without
thorough and valid support.

What Cholesterol
Does for Health
The author claims that if
you had little to no
cholesterol in your body,
death would be inevitable.
Cell walls within living
tissue are a mixture of fat,
protein and cholesterol;
without this trifecta the
body would experience
signicant cell damage and
cell death. Its a key player
in many vital functions of the body. It keeps your bones healthy. It makes
sure your liver works eciently. It encourages healthy nerve function. It
even ensures the health of your own brain [5].
Cholesterol is also a steroid. Not the dangerous kind that is frequently
bedeviled in the weightlifting community, but the natural kind that helps
produce hormones and build muscle. In order for the body to produce sex
and adrenal hormones, it needs to use cholesterol as a building block [6].

The following benets are only a few that are a result of sucient hormone
production:
Anti-inammatory properties that prevent immune hyper function
Controlling sodium and potassium transportation with electrolytes
Increased libido with aging, as well as anti-aging eects
Healthy bone density and strength
Calcium regulation within the blood using vitamin D
Regulation of menstrual cycles
Increased focus, memory and energy

So if cholesterol isnt that bad, why do these myths persist?

Thats not the easiest question to answer. Many nutritional facts are tricky
areas that require exhaustive eort to prove with validity.
Some have suggested that the pharmaceutical industry is making too much
prot of cholesterol lowering drugs, which can cause a loss of strength,
memory and a diminished sexual function, to care.
Other claim that all of the ill-supported studies that suggest cholesterols
health destroying eects have given people the comfort to conde in this
food myth.
Even the American Hearth Association writes in its website that cholesterol
itself isnt bad. In fact, cholesterol is just one of the many substances
created and used by our bodies to keep us healthy. The Association later
talks about the risks of excess cholesterol.
So you dont have to dump your egg yolks down the drain anymore. As a
matter of fact, it might be that the nutritional benets of the egg yolks will
pay o, as long as you keep your calories and physical lifestyle in check.

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I guess moderation is the key here. Even butter, which received a lot of bad

publicity in the past, has some surprising health benets found by newer
studies that now encourage the consumption of this ancient yellow spread
in moderation. Read more about it here:

The Surprising Health Benets of Butter

Resources:
[1] http://drbenkim.com/articles-cholesterol.html
[2] http://www.ravnskov.nu/myth2.htm
[3] http://www.ravnskov.nu/myth3.htm
[4] http://www.ravnskov.nu/myth4.htm
[5] http://www.cambridgemedscience.org/reports/CholMythCamb.pdf
[6] http://metabolichealing.com/cholesterol-your-body-is-incapable-of-making-hormones-without-it/

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2 Responses to What Most Doctors Wont Tell You About

Cholesterol
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October 24, 2014 at 9:56 pm
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