Approximately half of the brain is made up of fats. Dr F.M. Corrigan and colleagues, writing in 1990 about relief of Alzheimer's Disease, ask that "strategies for increasing the delivery of cholesterol to the brain should be identified". In the fight against Alzheimer's Disease, they recommended increasing fat intake (Corrigan et al 1991; J. Nutr. Med: 2)
The benefits of high cholesterol
There seems to be certain benefits to high cholesterol that medical authority is very reluctant to tell us about. In his article, The Benefits of High Cholesterol, Uffe Ravnskov MD PhD says that people with high cholesterol live longest. "This statement seems so incredible that it takes a long time to clear one's brainwashed mind to fully understand its importance" he continues , adding " yet the fact that people with high cholesterol live the longest, emerges clearly from many scientific papers." (Ravnskov 2003; Quarterly J. of Medicine: 96).
HIGH CHOLESTROL IN THE ELDERLY
Most studies of old people have shown that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for CHD, and is indeed associated with longevity. In a Medline database search, eleven studies of old people came up with this result, and a further seven found that high cholesterol did not predict all-cause mortality either. (Quarterly J. of Medicine 2003;96) Six of the studies found total mortality was inversely associated with either total or LDL- cholesterol. This means that it is actually much better to have high, rather than low cholesterol, if you want to live to be very old.
HIGH CHOLESTEROL PROTECTS AGAINST INFECTION
In 19 large studies of more than 68,000 deaths, reviewed by Professor David Jacobs and co-workers from the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, low cholesterol predicted an increased risk of dying from gastro-intestinal and respiratory disease (Circulation 1997; 26)(International J. of Epidemiology 1997; 26) (Epidemiology and Infection 1998; 121)
CHOLESTEROL AND HEART FAILURE
Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles found a higher mortality in patients with severe heart failure who had the lowest lipid values, including total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol. (American J. of Cardiology 1998; 82) This finding was confirmed by Dr. Rauchhaus, in cooperation with researchers at several German and British University hospitals. They found that the risk of dying, in patients with chronic heart failure, was strongly and inversely associated with total cholesterol and LDH- cholesterol; those with high lipid values lived much longer than those with low values. (Lancet 200; 356)(Journal of the American College Cardiology 2003; 42) The largest study included more than 1,000 patients with severe heart failure. After five years 62% of the patients with total cholesterol below 4.5mmol/L had died, but only half as many of the patients with cholesterol above 4.4mmol/L. (Journal of Cardiac Failure 2002; 8 )
CHOLESTEROL AND IMMUNE FUNCTION
The immune supporting properties of LDL-cholesterol plays an important role in human health. High cholesterol protects against infection - LDL-cholesterol binds and inactivates dangerous bacterial toxins. (Infection and Immunity 1989; 57 and 1995; 63)(Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis 1992; 12)
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, studying a group of healthy middle-aged men, found that the number of various types of white blood cells were significantly lower in the men with serum cholesterol below 4.5 mmpl/L,, than in men with serum cholesterol above 4.5mmol/L. (Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology 1997; 84)
The International Network of Cholesterol Sceptics (THINCS), a steadily growing group of scientist, physicians, other academicians and science writers are questioning the common dogma that dietary saturated fat and cholesterol cause coronary heart disease. Not only is there no proof to support this hypothesis, says spokesman Dr Uffe Ravnskov of Lund, Sweden, but the available scientific evidence clearly contradicts this claim.
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