The Cholesterol Myth

Why are people suffering from cholesterol, what is it and how can it be defeated? Do you know enough things about this thing? The cholesterol is a steroid metabolite that is found in the cell membranes and that is transported in the blood plasma. Apart from this it is as well a component for the manufacture of bile acids, steroid hormones, and soluble vitamins fats that contain Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K.

Even though many of us may not understand much from this thing, it is highly known that cholesterol is the responsible one for the vast majority of the heart disease from the past two decades. The thing with it is that is found in many foods, such as eggs and saturated fats, and we do not know how to protect ourselves from it.

While back then in the days the fear that your cholesterol level may be too high did not exist, it is now a household word that is belied to have to be given proper attention or else. Or else what? A low level of cholesterol will maintain you on the healthy person’s level, while a medium level will maintain you floating and an increase level can trigger bad consequences to your health.

Regarding cholesterol as well as other harmful things for your health, is something that is surrounded by many myths. Some of these myths may even get to your health in such a way that they may actually harm you.

Therefore, there are some useful things that you must know about cholesterol. Rather than running away from it, you must know that there are some things it contains that are rather useful for your health. Your liver accounts for about 75% of your total cholesterol level and according to the medicine books there are two cholesterol types, there is the

-          High – density lipoprotein – HDL – this is known for the good impact it has on your body. Therefore, it helps to keep cholesterol away from the arteries and as well remove the excess of bad cholesterol that triggers the appearance of heart disease

-          Low – density lipoprotein – LDL – as well known as representing the bad cholesterol. It is likely to built up in your arteries, and when a clot forms in these arteries, it leads to heart or brain and a heart attack or stroke may occur at some moment.

In making up your cholesterol count you must account as well for the triglycerides and lipoprotein. The first ones were linked have triggered heart disease and as well diabetes. The level of them increases as you eat too many grains, sugars, have a less active life, being a smoker, being overweight; while the lipoprotein is actually made from the LDL and a protein – apoprotein a. Whether you have an elevated level of these proteins, you will have a high risk of heart disease.

Bear in mind that there are some myths that surround cholesterol that are by no means true and you must dig further into them than just take it for granted. Therefore,

-          When taking your total cholesterol level it is not the perfect indicator that you are at risk or not of having a heart disease. Everyone that is aged after twenty years old, take their cholesterol level from five to five years. While the American Heart Association recommends a total cholesterol level of less 200 mg/dL, they do not specify that you are at a risk only if you surpass the level of 330 mg/dL. They as well have a recommendation level for the LDL – that has lately got from 130 to less than 100. This is such a low level as it cannot be attained without you taking some cholesterol – lowering drugs.  Therefore, there are people that have their cholesterol level of 250 but their HDL ration low, and therefore, they were not at a risk of catching any heart disease. While some that may have their cholesterol level less than 200 but their HDL ration big, were more prone to have a heart disease. This is calculated by dividing your HDL level with your cholesterol. The percentage should be above 24. As far as the triglycerides and HDL ratio, the percentage should be below 2. So, just bear in mind that simply by knowing your cholesterol level you cannot know whether you are prone to hear disease for sure or not.

-          There is no such thing as “bad” or as “good” cholesterol – despite of the splitage made before, according to Ron Rosedale, there is just one type of cholesterol, there is n such thing as dividing it. The LDL and the HDL are merely different fats that are combined with proteins. But they both create cholesterol. “In fact we now know there are many types of these fat and protein particles. LDL particles come in many sizes and large LDL particles are not a problem. Only the so-called small dense LDL particles can potentially be a problem, because they can squeeze through the lining of the arteries and if they oxidize, otherwise known as turning rancid, they can cause damage and inflammation. Thus, you might say that there is “good LDL” and “bad LDL.”

-          Cholesterol is a friend – it is actually a vital concept for a human being cell. And not only, as there is no living being on Erath that can live without cholesterol in their bodies. “We would not be here without it. No wonder lowering cholesterol too much increases one’s risk of dying. Cholesterol is also a precursor to all of the steroid hormones. You cannot make estrogen, testosterone, cortisone and a host of other vital hormones without cholesterol.” According to a recent interview that Dr. Rosedale has given.

-          Vitamin D is a necessary vitamin from your body. The easiest way to get this vitamin to your body is by a safe sun exposure. How does this work? The sunlight and its UVB rays enter in contact with cholesterol from your body and transform it into vitamin D. However, as long as the cholesterol level is too low you will not be able to take advantage of this interaction.

-          Cholesterol level and inflammation – inflammation is something that is bounded to many different diseases. One of them is even the heart disease, which cholesterol is as well blamed for. In some cases inflammation is a good response of your body, as it protects you from a harmful thing and as well allows a problem to heal. During inflammation there are many things going on in your body, like your blood can clot, cells multiply to repair everything bad that goes on, and this is the case when the immune system is in action by sending proper cells and chemicals to fight the viruses. After healing whatsoever inflammation you may have suffered from, the cholesterol plays its part. As no cell can form without cholesterol, any cell that has suffered damaged must be replaced and in this case your liver will be notified to provide your body with more cholesterol and release it into your bloodstream. This is how the body produces healthy new cells.

-          Lowering the cholesterol level – according to the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, the high level of the cholesterol is something that was invented as soon as the medicine discovered means of measuring the cholesterol level. Actually the explanation is that the cholesterol level is as big as the inflammations are bigger. It does not appear just to appear, it has a certain “thing” to do and a purpose it aims at. Therefore, this means that while taking medicines to decrease the level from your cholesterol with drugs in order to reduce your risk of having heart disease.

-          Having a too low level of cholesterol is a bad thing as every cell in your body needs cholesterol to survive. The brain cells are not taken out of this thing either. What a recent study performed by some Dutch researchers, show that men with low cholesterol level are more prone to having symptoms of depression. This is mainly due to the fact that the low level of cholesterol will affect the metabolism of serotonin. Another study showed that those that had a low level of cholesterol were more prone to having suicidal temptations. Apart from this, it triggers violent behavior, a higher risk of cancer and as well the possibility of having the Parkinson disease. Any level of cholesterol that is below 150 is actually too low. This will cause you more harm than actually good thing.

-          Cholesterol lowering medicine is dangerous – according to a clinic, out of a total number of 20,000 people that came to them being worried about their cholesterol level, just 4 of them actually needed the cholesterol decreasing medicines. That is because they actually had genetic challenges of familial hypercholesterolemia. These pills that are used to lower the cholesterol level are by far some healthy pills. They can cause you harm in other parts.  It deprives your body from the Coenzyme Q10 that is good both for the muscle function as well as for the heart health, it as well causes muscle pain and weaknesses, it makes you deal with dizziness, memory loss, an increased risk of cancer, decreases the immune system function and as well causes liver problems. Even though most of the times these medicines are thought at least top do good to your cholesterol level, pay attention that it should not decrease too much, as this is the situation when your life is somehow threatened.

-          Do these effects worth it and do the cholesterol level improves and remains for as much as you actually need to perform well? Do they actually prevent you from having at some point in your life heart disease? There is the number needed to treat – NNT. You have not heard of this not knows what it signifies? Well, the NNT answers the question – how many people have to take a particular drug to avoid one incidence of a medical issue. Therefore, one calculates like this, if a drug had a NNT of 50 heart attacks, then 50 people have to take the drug, so that one heart attack will be prevented. This is not something that si widely known, as if you knew this, you could figure the fact that taking drugs will not perform any miracle to your health. According to a study, “That means in a large clinical study, 3% of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a heart attack compared to 2% of patients taking Lipitor.” Therefore, such drugs are not as effective as one may want to believe.

In these cases it is better to lower both inflammations as the heart disease risk in natural ways. Forget about Zetia, Vytorin and start focusing on your health and treating your overall body not just a part of it so another can suffer from it.

Some foods must be cut from one’s diet and the cholesterol level and the heart problems will have nothing to suffer from. Back then in the days, a food cut table was published that contained – butter, red meat, animals fat, eggs, dairy products, etc. this is a rather long list of aliments as in each of them there are at least four to five types. That is why; it had to be more complex made.

Further researches on this subject were made and discovered that there is no relation whatsoever between blood cholesterol level with bad dietary habits – meat, animal fats, fried foods, butter, eggs, whole milk, bacon, sausages and cheese. There is even the proof that man eating butter rather than margarine, risk less heart disease. Therefore, what is bad for your cholesterol and inflammation?

There are aliments such as sugar and grains, having a sedentary life,. Foods that are cooked at high temperature – raw food is preferred, smoking and last but not least, emotional stress.

If you need to lose your cholesterol level in a natural way, try focusing on high quality, omega-3 fats, reduce grains and sugar as too much is never too good, eta what suits your nutritional type, eat more raw food than cooked food and concentrate on olive oil, coconut and coconut oil, avocados, raw nuts, seeds, boiled eggs, get proper exercise for your weight, avoid smoking and do not surround yourself with people that leads to emotional stress.

The main good thing for your cholesterol level is to make some changes in your life style and as well emotional health is at an appropriate level of satisfaction.