So kind of like climate change.
I know the cholesterol crap is just that. My mom and aunt both had cholesterol levels in the low 300 range and lived to be 93 and 97 respectively. I drive my FP nuts every year when I have my blood work done. My cholesterol is always around 250-260 with the LDLs around 130, tris around 95 and HDLs in the 55 range. Every year he tries to put me on a Statin and every year I refuse. I suppose if I live to be 90 and die of a stroke, he’ll say see I told you so.
High cholesterol levels are associated with longevity in older women.
The big pharma campaigns to get women to take statins should be a crime. There’s no evidence whatsoever that women benefit from statins.
BTW, did you know that statins, even in men, increase your mortality rate. Yep. Nobody disputes it.
It might lower a males risk of a heat attack. But, it raises your risk of dying from a myriad of other things and (statistically) they shorten your life.
Our medical community is so focused on heart attacks because “#1 killer of men” that they’ve lost sight of the bigger picture. There’s not much benefit of lower your risk of a heart attack if it means you will die younger from something else. But, that’s what we’re doing.
Summary: Low cholesterol is more dangerous than high cholesterol.