Dangers Of Low Cholesterol
Instead of being concerned about high cholesterol, it seems we rather need to be concerned about low
cholesterol, which constitutes a major risk for cancer, mental illness, stroke, suicide, liver diseases,
anemia and AIDS. Studies conducted in major German hospitals verified that low cholesterol levels are
linked to high mortality rates. When cholesterol levels dropped to 150 mg percent, two out of three
patients died. Most of the patients with high cholesterol levels recovered from whatever they suffered.
Also, longevity in retirement homes is linked with higher levels of cholesterol. Recent studies published
in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) indicate that a low level of overall blood cholesterol could increase
a person's risk of suicide.
A study published in The Lancet in 1997 showed that high total cholesterol levels are associated with
longevity, particularly among the elderly. The research suggests that elderly people with elevated
cholesterol levels live longer and are less likely to die from cancer or infection. Doctors at Reykjavik
Hospital and Heart Preventive Clinic in Iceland noted that the major epidemiological studies on
cholesterol had not included the elderly. So when they studied total mortality and blood cholesterol in
those over 80, they found men with cholesterol levels over 6.5 to have less than half the mortality of those
whose cholesterol level was around 5.2, the "healthy" level. In support of this discovery, scientists
working at the Leiden University Medical Centre found that "each 1 mmol/l increase in total cholesterol
corresponded to a 15 percent decrease in mortality." A study of the Maori people in New Zealand showed
that those with the lowest levels of blood cholesterol had the highest mortality rates.
Similar findings were also borne out by the Framingham Heart Study. Forty years after the
Framingham Heart Study began, its researchers looked at total mortality and cholesterol. They found "no
increased overall mortality with either high or low serum cholesterol levels" among men over forty-seven
years of age. In addition, no relationship was found in women older than forty-seven or younger than
forty. But the researchers concluded that people whose cholesterol levels are falling may be at an
increased risk.
The same also applies to children. Research on seven- to nine-year-old boys from six countries
revealed a strong correlation between low blood cholesterol and childhood deaths in those countries. The
death rate rose dramatically as blood cholesterol levels fell. So, for children too, low blood cholesterol is
clearly unhealthy. And once again, the official line is for parents to reduce their children's fat intake in
order to lower their cholesterol or keep it low. Parents should instead be told that it is better to let
cholesterol rise naturally. This effectively lowers their children's risk of disease and death.
The low-cholesterol-cancer connection has been known for many years. Although no convincing
evidence has emerged that high levels of cholesterol have any causal relationship with coronary heart
disease, this hasn't stopped the drug giants from advertising statin drugs as a safe approach to protect the
masses against heart disease. The extremist attempt to indiscriminately lower cholesterol levels, especially
among the elderly where elevated cholesterol levels are normal and very necessary, has led to numerous
cancers in the U.S. and worldwide. As most studies have shown, high serum cholesterol is a weak risk
factor or no risk factor at all for men above fifty, and actually increases longevity in those over eighty.
Women, in particular should be cautious about using statins. Most studies have shown that high serum
cholesterol is not a risk factor for women at all and, therefore, should not be lowered by any means. The
bottom line is that cholesterol protects the body against cancer. Removing this natural protection is
synonymous with "involuntary suicide." Both animal and human trials have demonstrated increases in
cancers when cholesterol was lowered through fibrates and statins. In the CARE trial, for example, breast
cancer increased a whooping 1,400 percent!