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<blockquote data-quote="Art Of Flowers" data-source="post: 1614403" data-attributes="member: 375067"><p>Some interesting comments from the article ...</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>The 2011 Hunt 2 study, one of the most recent and largest, followed 52,000 men and women in Norway aged 20-74 with no pre-existing heart disease, for 10 years. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>The results for women were crystal clear. The lower a woman’s total cholesterol, the greater her risk of dying, either of heart disease or anything else, including cancer. This reflects findings in previous studies. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>For men, high cholesterol was associated with heart disease and death from other causes. But so, too, was low cholesterol — below 5mmol/l. Again, this is only an association, not a causal link. A range of between 5mmol/l and 7mmol/l was the optimum level. Guess what? This is already the national average. In addition, numerous studies have linked high cholesterol levels with increased longevity in the elderly.</em></p><p></p><p>My cholesterol was 4.8, yet I was called in to see my GP who suggested I take statins. Lowering cholesterol below 5 actually raises all cause mortality, especially in women. The real reason for heart disease and strokes is inflammation in the arteries and this is caused by eating too many carbs (e.g. sugar) which causes blood glucose spikes. Cholesterol is a mechanism the body uses to repair damage caused by inflammation as a result of easting too much carbs. Cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease, but a marker that something may be wrong.</p><p></p><p>Fat in diet has been the scapegoat for too long, whereas it is the high carbs people eat that is causing a rash of diseases including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Art Of Flowers, post: 1614403, member: 375067"] Some interesting comments from the article ... [INDENT][I]The 2011 Hunt 2 study, one of the most recent and largest, followed 52,000 men and women in Norway aged 20-74 with no pre-existing heart disease, for 10 years. The results for women were crystal clear. The lower a woman’s total cholesterol, the greater her risk of dying, either of heart disease or anything else, including cancer. This reflects findings in previous studies. For men, high cholesterol was associated with heart disease and death from other causes. But so, too, was low cholesterol — below 5mmol/l. Again, this is only an association, not a causal link. A range of between 5mmol/l and 7mmol/l was the optimum level. Guess what? This is already the national average. In addition, numerous studies have linked high cholesterol levels with increased longevity in the elderly.[/I][/INDENT] My cholesterol was 4.8, yet I was called in to see my GP who suggested I take statins. Lowering cholesterol below 5 actually raises all cause mortality, especially in women. The real reason for heart disease and strokes is inflammation in the arteries and this is caused by eating too many carbs (e.g. sugar) which causes blood glucose spikes. Cholesterol is a mechanism the body uses to repair damage caused by inflammation as a result of easting too much carbs. Cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease, but a marker that something may be wrong. Fat in diet has been the scapegoat for too long, whereas it is the high carbs people eat that is causing a rash of diseases including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimers. [/QUOTE]
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