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Studies have shown that those with the longest lifespan have high cholesterol. How high, you ask? Over 300 and some as high as 500 mg/dl.
The idea that too much animal fat and high cholesterol are dangerous to your heart and vessels is nothing but a myth. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine revealed that high cholesterol in those over 75 years of age is protective, rather than harmful and that low cholesterol is a risk factor for heart arrhythmias (leading cause of death if heart attack occurs). People with high cholesterol live the longest. (8)
Researchers from the University of Denmark report that about 15% of cholesterol lowering drug users over the age of 50 will suffer from nerve damage as a direct result of using statin (cholesterol-lowering) drugs. (9)
References:
8. Krumholz HM et al. Lack of association between cholesterol and coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity and all-cause mortality in persons older than 70 years. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1990;272;1335-1340.
9. Fallon S, Enig M. Dangers of statin drugs: what you haven’t been told about popular cholesterol-lowering medicines. June 14 2004. http://www.westonaprice.org/cardiovascular-disease/dangers-of-statin-drugs
