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Jul 20, 2012, 12:55 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,129
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Originally Posted by jimrat
It's not really the cholesterol that is bad. It is triggered to heal damaged parts caused by inflammation. To target the body's attempt to heal is probably not a good idea, although in some cases it is good, because sometimes the body "overdoes" it and that causes problems.
If you have a lot of inflammation it might be because you have a bad omega 3 to 6 ratio. We are TERRIBLE in the Western world for overdoing omega 6 which causes.. you guessed it.. inflammation. Also I wish I could find the info on the bad and good LDL. It was very interesting.
Statins come with risks.. if I had high LDL I'm not sure I would gamble an asymptomatic life just to treat numbers, for the risks statins bring.
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It's interesting that cholestrol acts to releive inflammation. I wonder if there is a link between inflammation problems and high cholestrol. Maybe the high cholesterol is the body's reaction to the inflammation? I'm going to poke around and see if I can find anything linking them.....
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