Myths and Facts About Cholesterol
To this day I can say I have a clear understanding of the relationship between cholesterol and health. How about you? Did you happen to have fear of having high cholesterol levels? Are you pulling and throwing the egg yolks with the belief that they are harmful to your health? Are you taking medication to lower cholesterol or considering doing so?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then read on, I guarantee you’ll be surprised to learn the myths and truths about cholesterol.
During my early college years I remember thinking as a favor to my health, and wasted threw the egg yolks with the reason for not consuming as much cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Myths and Facts
There are many myths of cholesterol are often mentioned and not many can say truths known. To say in an easy and credible myths and truths about cholesterol, we must have recourse to those skilled in the art, Uffe Ravnskov Dr., author of The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the flawed belief that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease. Probably the number one leader in the field.
Myth : High cholesterol levels are dangerous Truth : Cholesterol is not a deadly poison, but a substance that we need to stay healthy. High cholesterol levels themselves do not cause heart disease.
Myth : Having low cholesterol means to be safe from heart disease. Truth: People with low cholesterol levels have the same levels of heart disease than people with high cholesterol levels.
Myth: A cholesterol-free diet helps reduce blood cholesterol levels. Truth : The cholesterol in blood comes from two sources: the cholesterol found in food and cholesterol the liver produces from some nutrients. The amount of cholesterol the liver produces varies according to the amount consumed. If you eat too much cholesterol, the liver produces less, and if you eat little cholesterol the liver produces more. This is the reason why a low or no cholesterol does not necessarily mean the reduction of cholesterol remarkable, really end up being limited by the percentages.
Myth : Drugs prescribed to reduce cholesterol, help prevent heart disease and prolong life. Truth : The only drugs that are responsible for reducing blood cholesterol levels are not responsible for avoiding any type of heart disease or prolong the life of the person. These drugs threaten your health and may reduce the longevity of people.
Myth : The “good” cholesterol called HDL and “bad” cholesterol called LDL Truth : The HDL and LDL cholesterol are not types. These 2 substances are lipoproteins (protein and fat molecules) that carry cholesterol through the circulatory system. The mean LDL low-density lipoprotein and HDL stands for high density lipoprotein. The reason is called for each of these substances as cholesterol good or bad, is because LDL are responsible for carrying cholesterol to the arteries, while HDL is responsible for carrying cholesterol away from arteries. That is why we are called bad cholesterol or good cholesterol, respectively.
What most doctors will not tell you about cholesterol
Cholesterol is naturally found in foods of animal origin is not harmful to your health. But it can become harmful to your health if it is damaged by exposure to high temperature and / or severe processing techniques. If you regularly consume “damaged cholesterol” and foods that are rich in free radicals, most likely have damaged high cholesterol flowing through your circulatory system. And if you regularly have damaged cholesterol circulating in the blood, then a high level of LDL (low density lipoprotein) is associated with a higher risk than normal of developing heart disease. And high levels of HDL (high density lipoprotein) is associated with lower risk than normal of developing cardiovascular disease.
In other words, if you have damaged significant amounts of cholesterol in your bloodstream, do not want to have high levels of LDL available to carry cholesterol to the arteries, where the damaged cholesterol can contribute to an accumulation of arterial plaque (atherosclerosis) and hardening it (atherosclerosis), and want to have higher HDL levels available to carry cholesterol away from arteries damaged.
So while it is indeed important to have higher HDL levels to help reduce the risk of developing some form of cardiovascular disease, which is most important as far as cholesterol and your health is concerned, he is to avoid foods animal that has been cooked at high temperatures, because these foods are rich in cholesterol content damaged.
Where conventional guides start?
Unfortunately, conventional guidelines that promote the reduction of cholesterol levels to enjoy good heart health, are influenced largely by the pharmaceutical companies who generate billions of dollars by selling their drugs lowering cholesterol.
For example, at first tolerated cholesterol levels were about 260 units of blood. After this number was reduced to 240 units. This limit did not last long when suddenly decreased again to 20 units located in the 220 units. This new limit was some time in the market when it finally fell to 200 units. And now the limit allowed is cholesterol in the blood of 180 units. As you probably noticed the maximum permitted levels of cholesterol ever more reduced. This is only done with the sole and simple reason to prescribe and sell drugs people take charge of lowering cholesterol levels.
These changes in the permitted limits of cholesterol, increasing cause an estimated 8 billion people (Americans) to be immediate candidates for any type of medical therapy for cholesterol reduction.
While this news was covered by many media, only one American newspaper (Newsday), reported that most physicians responsible for establishing the new recommendations of maximum cholesterol, had a conflict of interest. Almost all of them money – usually in the form of property or fees – at least 10 pharmaceutical companies.
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