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Cholesterol levels are the
difference between life and death. You must reduce your cholesterol levels. A
high cholesterol level means you will have a heart attack.
Cholesterol fact, or cholesterol fiction?
The answer is both simple and complex! Simple, in that cholesterol levels themselves are not the problem. Complex,
because cholesterol levels signify a different problem (albeit an easy one to
resolve).
What are cholesterol levels?
Simply put, when your doctor measures your cholesterol level, he discovers how much of the varying types of cholesterol are
circulating in your blood. As your doctor would have you believe, high cholesterol
levels are bad and low cholesterol levels are good - because that's what he's
paid to tell you!
Regardless of the amount of cholesterol in your diet, your liver will make however
high or low a cholesterol level your body needs, period. High cholesterol diet
or low cholesterol diet, your cholesterol levels will
be the same - why? Check out our cholesterol page for full details.
Put simply, it doesn't matter whether your diet is high in cholesterol or low in cholesterol - cholesterol is so important to your body that it can, and does make your cholesterol levels exactly what it needs them to be.
Does it matter that you have "high cholesterol levels"?
Of course it does, but not for the reasons you think. High cholesterol levels signify that you are deficient in Vitamin C,
which is used to repair the continual damage to your arteries. If you can't fix them, the body needs to do something else and high cholesterol levels show that your body is using its "reserve" repair
material instead of its first choice, nothing more, nothing less.
As explained on our cholesterol page, the issue is not your high cholesterol levels, it is your dietary lack of vitamin C that causes high cholesterol levels, so stop worrying about your high cholesterol diet and cholesterol levels and start worrying about your vitamin C intake!
Back from healthy cholesterol levels to cholesterol
Further reading
Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol
by Mary G. Enig
The Cholesterol Myths : Exposing the Fallacy that Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease
by Uffe Ravnskov
Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health
by Udo Erasmus
Choosing the Right Fats: For Vibrant Health, Weight loss, Energy, Vitality (Natural Health Guide)
by Udo Erasmus
The Omega-3 Connection: The Groundbreaking Antidepression Diet and Brain Program
by Andrew L. M.D. Stoll
Essential fatty acids
Otherwise known as "brain food", these fats can't be made in the body and must be in the diet. Unfortunately, in many cases they are almost totally missing, leading to numerous health (and psychiatric / social) problems.
Saturated animal fat
Red meat, dairy products, lard dripping and suet - a recipe for disease or the means to prevent it?
Vegetable oils
All oils are not created equal. Find out why some vegetable oils are better than others.
Hydrogenated oils (unsaturated or poly-unsaturated fats)
Margarine, shortening and other "low-cholesterol" fats. Find out why these have caused more damage to health than any other type of oils or fats.
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