Medical orthodoxy and cardiology cannot seem to let go of the notion that LDL cholesterol is the sole initiating cause of atherosclerosis and heart disease. Unfortunately for them, neither nature nor thorough scrutiny of the scientific literature agrees with their framework.
Informative. Thank you. 12 years ago I had several lab values that were out of range + symptoms. Took meds for years, got worse. Stopped meds. Changed 100% of my diet and lifestyle. All labs came back into range except for total cholesterol & ldl. Symptoms disappeared. I developed a hypothesis that “high” cholesterol is probably good. Refused statins. Since then I’ve read that people who live the longest have high cholesterol. And multiple books and studies show cholesterol isn’t the problem. I ignore it & stick with my regimen. The standard of care is worse than a slow moving barge, takes 20 years to turn it around.
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Thanks, great info. Helps confirm my thoughts that the lipids and cholesterol are the fire fighters and not the arsonists reacting to inflammation. Agree with you as to why would my body be trying to kill me. As a heart attack survivor I'm having a hard time convincing my cardiologist and gp why I stopped taking statins after changing my diet and lifestyle habits, not only for the common sense reasons but the brain fog side effect for me was getting worse and worse.
Informative. Thank you. 12 years ago I had several lab values that were out of range + symptoms. Took meds for years, got worse. Stopped meds. Changed 100% of my diet and lifestyle. All labs came back into range except for total cholesterol & ldl. Symptoms disappeared. I developed a hypothesis that “high” cholesterol is probably good. Refused statins. Since then I’ve read that people who live the longest have high cholesterol. And multiple books and studies show cholesterol isn’t the problem. I ignore it & stick with my regimen. The standard of care is worse than a slow moving barge, takes 20 years to turn it around.
Report on topics you find interesting. I benefit from all of it. 😀
What are your thoughts on Feldman's LMHR lipid energy theory?
Could it be that the lipids are being transported as food into the cells but without sufficient use of that energy, i.e., exercise, accumulate?
Thanks, great info. Helps confirm my thoughts that the lipids and cholesterol are the fire fighters and not the arsonists reacting to inflammation. Agree with you as to why would my body be trying to kill me. As a heart attack survivor I'm having a hard time convincing my cardiologist and gp why I stopped taking statins after changing my diet and lifestyle habits, not only for the common sense reasons but the brain fog side effect for me was getting worse and worse.