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You should be thinking about cholesterol

The truth about cholesterol

Cholesterol. It's a word that everyone must have heard - but almost certainly for the wrong reason.

Because of the propaganda, you can be forgiven for thinking that cholesterol is a harmful alien substance that must be avoided at all costs.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The truth is that cholesterol is arguably the most important substance in your body.
Here are a few facts:

• Cholesterol is made by your body in quantities many times greater than the amount you can eat
• If you eat less cholesterol in your diet, your body merely compensates by making more
• And if you eat more cholesterol, your body doesn't need to make as much, which saves it a lot of work
• Low levels of cholesterol in the blood is found to cause many more illnesses and deaths than high levels
• A quarter of all the cholesterol we have in our bodies is in our brains. Without it we could not form memories. It is so important that the brain has its own supply
• There are more heart attacks in people with low cholesterol levels that there are in those with higher blood levels
• People with high cholesterol levels live longer than those with low levels
• Although most heart attacks occur after the age of 65, there is no relation with cholesterol levels at these ages
• High cholesterol is not a risk factor for heart disease in women at any age. Indeed the total death rate tends to go down across the whole age range
• Cholesterol is found only in animals; there is none in plants. This compound it what makes us different from plants
• Cholesterol not only vital for human health, it is vital for human life itself.
• The liver's most important function is to make cholesterol. But it is so important to our bodies that every body cell can manufcture it.

Does it really seem such terrible stuff?

This website contains some of the best-kept secrets about cholesterol. It will explain what cholesterol is, how it is made, how it works, why its better to have a higher level, and what can go wrong if it is too low.

In looking at the harm that low levels can do, we will look at medical evidence which proves conclusively that deliberately lowering your cholesterol is probably the biggest mistake you can make.

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