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Old Fri, Nov-03-06, 23:09
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Default Okay, it's late and I'm thinking too much..

but I was reading where much of the cholesterol in our bodies is in our brain. So, I wonder if all this "lower your cholesterol at all costs" isn't costing some of our elders their minds...
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 06:37
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Cholesterol is a sterol/lipid that is present in all
cell membranes.It is present in higher concentration in cells with more dense membranes such as the liver and brain.
Cholesterol contributes to many of the body's
biochemical processes but it's exact role is
not completely understood.Cholesterol is used
for arterial repair and,as we all know,is highly
villified for it's supposed role in cardiovascular
problems.
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 07:42
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but I was reading where much of the cholesterol in our bodies is in our brain. So, I wonder if all this "lower your cholesterol at all costs" isn't costing some of our elders their minds...


Well high cholesterol have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease, and in places where cholesterol is low, Demtia is also very low.

Read the study I posted here on mildly elevated cholesterol and alzheimer's like demtia

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showpost...14&postcount=47
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 07:49
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Actually, thincs has an article..

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.c...Alzheimers.html

Maybe lowering cholesterol for CHD or Alzheimers is like lowering your white blood cells because you have an infection, but then doing nothing to protect your body against the infection..
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 07:49
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and heres a study how cholesterol hastens Alzheimers disease
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Resear...cholesterol.htm
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 10:14
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Maybe it's so obvious it doesn't need to be repeated but I will anyway; I see parallels between Alzheimers and cardiac disease. They both involve elevated cholesterol but maybe cholesterol is not the culprit. Maybe cholesterol is a side-effect to the condition, not its cause. So what root problem could cause both or either condition and coincidentally be elevating cholesterol? It's more easily defined by looking at possible remedies: Definitely low carb by suppressing overall inflammation, probably CR by forcing the body to use nutrition to its best survival advantage and probably avoiding destructive vices like alcohol or smoking. So perhaps structuring one's diet to reduce cholesterol will coincidentally reduce cardiac disease and Alzheimers.

Obviously not all cases would apply. My wife's great-aunt by marriage was slim her entire life, had no cardiac problems ever but died of Alzheimers Disease at 90.
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 11:41
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Maybe it's so obvious it doesn't need to be repeated but I will anyway;


I'm new to this and trying to get a leg to fight my doctor from... I DID read back nine pages and I didn't see this discussed. I also did google searches and only found one page, but it wasn't a "first tier" medical journal, so I was trying to make sure I'm on the right road..

And I have looked at CR, just not too deeply yet.

Sorry, I was tired and probably shouldn't have posted. It was a thought, it's not something I'm trying to promote...
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 14:12
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I think its better to discuss these things than not at all
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 16:33
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but I was reading where much of the cholesterol in our bodies is in our brain. So, I wonder if all this "lower your cholesterol at all costs" isn't costing some of our elders their minds...
Memory problems is one of the side effects of statins, medications to lower cholesterol. But, like all the other side effects of statisn it's difficult to figure out which are caused by the drug it'self vs which are caused by lower cholesterol levels.
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Old Sat, Nov-04-06, 19:52
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"Memory problems is one of the side effects of statins, medications to lower cholesterol. But, like all the other side effects of statisn it's difficult to figure out which are caused by the drug it'self vs which are caused by lower cholesterol levels."
No studies show any bad effects of low cholesterol per se.It's almost impossible to
analyze health issues with all the background
influence-FDA,pharmacutical companies etc.
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Old Sun, Nov-05-06, 07:40
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No studies show any bad effects of low cholesterol per se
I don't know how low it was, but the doctor called about my older daughter's. He was concerned it was low and she needed to eat more. She could probably be classified as following CR, except she just eats what she normally eats, just less. (she's over 18)
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