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Comment by Chris of the family Masters on May 8, 2019 at 4:10pm

When I fought the cancer 13 years ago my cholesterol was 3. I was close to death. This is a standard statins promoters set for everyone.

Comment by Parrhesia on May 8, 2019 at 4:04pm

It's not just alzheimer's.  Imagine my shock when I read this article that points to Big Pharma pushing the lie about heart disease.  

"As it turns out, the association between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease (the so-called LDL-heart disease hypothesis) is weak. Physicians are starting to accept the fact that cholesterol levels do not strongly predict our chances of developing heart disease — and there are now over a dozen studies that prove it."

As we’re now learning, statins do not appear to play an important role in primary prevention. For people with no prior history, the impact of statins are miniscule. They reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke from 3-4% to just 2%.

"Dr. Mark Hymann puts it bluntly: “So if you think cholesterol is the enemy, think again. Without cholesterol, you would die. In fact, people with the lowest cholesterol as they age are at highest risk of death. Under certain circumstances, higher cholesterol can actually help to increase life span.”

io9.gizmodo.com/what-we-know-now-about-cholesterol-that-we-didnt-10-ye-1029869257