Brain regulates cholesterol in blood, study suggests

A VERY big part of the point I was trying to make is what you are saying.

Nutritionally, I would bet that more than 90% of people would say
cholesterol=heart attacks

And this MYTH continues to be propagated today.

It just ain’t so.

WHICH kind of cholesterol????

There is only one kind of cholesterol. There are different proteins that carry it around such as VLDL, LDL, and several types of HDL. Problems arise when the level of HDL is too low to carry cholesterol back to the liver or when the LDL or the LDL receptor is defective, allowing cholesterol to stay too long in the blood, get oxidized, and scavenged by foam cells which then extravasate through the intimal lining of the arteries and deposit it, along with a lot of other highly thrombogenic crap, in plaque. If it builds up enough to affect blood flow, the intimal lining can be ruptured and the plaque can quickly form a blood clot that blocks the artery or breaks off and blocks an artery downstream, causing a heart attack or stroke.

I blew it. That should have said "A, C, and E(mainly C) prevent hardening of the arteries".

Vitamin C shouldn't be classified as a Vitamin IMO, because there is no real toxicity at high doses, and the USRDA is just the amount needed to prevent Scurvy.

A good source of AC&E is Cayenne Pepper, and in cultures where it is food, clogged hardened arteries are unknown.

There are some people who have an inherited condition that gives them exceptionally high cholesterol levels. For this small group of people, the benefits of statins might outweigh the risks.

However, there is so much more that scientists don’t know about heart disease and the role of cholesterol than they do know, that it is ridiculous to have so many people taking statins.

Heart attacks have been on the decline over the past few decades, and the decline happened prior to all this intervention that is being pushed on everyone. The decrease in smoking had a lot to do with it, but it would seem that some diseases just seem to come in waves. It is as if they are epidemics that hit a peak and then subside. It’s very curious.

Have a BIL like that. Hubby takes Provacal it causes less side effects than the other 2 name brands. BTW some other meds artificially raise your cholesterol. Synthroid for hypo-thyroidism is one of those drugs. And they don’t know by how much it raises it. My doc would love to get me on a statin, but they can’t tell me how high mine is actually, because I take Synthroid, and 210 is not all that high. Not with the good being 65, heart attack risk factor is 3.5 well below average for a woman. And the side effects are not worth the taking. I’m one of those types who react badly to a whole list of meds.

Thankfully hubby at 70 takes good care of himself. 1 beer at supper, 1 Jack and water about 7 pm is his extent of drinking. I control his diet fairly well, low fat, and as low carb as I can get it and still satisfy his sweet tooth. I’ve halved his bread consumption. Can’t do any thing about the potatoes though he won’t give them up, and I’m just as bad about them.

Now if he stayed of the free way and quit worrying over what he can’t control then his BP would not be at 150/95 when he walks into the doctor’s office. Because at home it is usually 130/80-90 which is good for a 70 year old, even one who has been mowing up and down our hill of a front yard.

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