The latest studies show that people with high-choesterol live LONGER than those with lower. It does matter if the lipids are high or low density with high being better for health.
10 years ago a dr cousin told me never to take statins. I talked MY dr into letting me work on diet and exercise and lowered mine to acceptable level in 8 weeks.
Hubby was on statins for YEARS when I started questioning why. finally read all the small print with his script and found that protocol indicated use to drop cholesterol by 30% or more. For “perfect” cholesterol, that means a level of 270 or more before prescription. Thankfully we moved to TX and away from his doctor as she didn’t want a patient with equal voice in care.
Just this last March, we both had full body scans (the kind where WE decided we wanted it) - found out we both have some cholesterol in our abdominal aorta which is 10 times the size of the cardiac aorta. and NONE in our cardia aortas. Now, we just point to the report. Best FSA money ever spent!
The latest studies show that people with high-choesterol live LONGER than those with lower.
Sorry but incorrect.
The Framingham study did just that and while the study began in 1948 it started publishing it’s results in 1951. Nothing “latest studies” about it. It showed that persons with high cholesterol AFTER THE AGE OF FIFTY suffered less heart events than those in the lower range.