Slow Starvation of Brain Triggers Alzheimer's

A slow starvation of the brain over time is one of the major triggers of the biochemistry that causes some forms of Alzheimer's, according to a new study that is helping to crack the mystery of the disease's origins.

The article states:

The best ways to improve blood flow to the brain and thereby reduce the chances of getting Alzheimer's is to reduce cholesterol intake, ...

No, no, no.

Cholesterol intake has poor correlation with blood cholesterol levels. Most of the cholesterols in the blood are produced by the body, not ingested.
Furthermore, blood cholesterol levels have a more complex relation with cardiovascular disease than simply "the less the better".
Furthermore "correlation is not causation," which applied in this case means that reported correlations between certain ("bad") cholesterols and cardiovascular disease do not necessarily mean that the bad cholesterol caused the disease, but rather may well mean that both are consequences of something else.

On that last point, since I notice a high correlation between ambulance drivers and automobile accidents (almost everytime I drive by a bad accident, I see an ambulance), we should fire all the ambulance drivers in order to reduce automobile accidents <grin>.

Main stream medicine, in my view, is making serious mistakes in its understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol is a Red Herring which has the primary advantages that it is easily measured and that drugs to suppress it, such as statins, are a major revenue source.

See further for example:

Statin Drugs Side Effects and
the Misguided War on Cholesterol
by M.D. Duane Graveline

I will remain forever grateful to the doctor who prescribed statins to myself after a routine physical exam showed elevated cholesterol levels. Before taking the medicine, I did my usual research on the web, and became increasingly horrified at how poorly justified, and seriously dangerous, were statins.

To this day, I keep the never opened first bottle of statin pills that I obtained from that prescription. I never went back to that doctor, and started a massive overhaul of my entire diet, which has led to health benefits from head to toe too numerous to mention.

I abhor statins and have developed a strong distrust of the way that modern medicine handles the chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

For some more good reading on the subject, see a couple of book reviews:

Looks like I have a lot of reading to do. The second link, from cholesterol-and-health.com is pretty alarming.

Since cholesterol is essential to the brain and nervous system, then, it is quite possible that cholesterol-lowering drugs increase the risk of accidents and suicide by decreasing reaction time, increasing aggressiveness, and ruining one's mood. Without doubt, they can ceratinly destroy your memory.

The family has noticed a bit of a decline in my dad's memory, but we chalked it up to getting older. The fact that it could be caused by his medication is worrying.

Thanks for the links. :)

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