Thu, Nov-07-02, 11:32
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Senior Member
Posts: 411
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 174/163/163
BF:21.1%/18.5%/18.5%
Progress: 100%
Location: Conway, AR
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The answer to your questions will be found here. Read Dr. Ravnskov's book. It thoroughly debunks all the establishment claims about cholesterol and diet. What he does so well is to show that the establishment studies do not prove what they are claimed to prove.
In particular, the various experiments with low-fat diets have failed to significantly lower people's cholesterol--assuming that's even desirable. For one thing, if you eat less cholesterol, your body will compensate by making more. Conversely, if you eat more, you'll make less. Schwarzbein says this is desirable, because when you make more, an enzyme kicks in that can have bad effects. See The Schwarzbein Principle.
At any rate, let's not sweat it. This article shows you why cholesterol is not dangerous at all. To summarize, LDL is incapable of damaging coronary arteries. Something else (stress, for example) must do that before LDL can come along and insinuate itself in the artery wall. It does so as part of a healing/clotting process. The problem is not LDL, but whatever is causing damage to the artery in the first place. Read this important article and stop worrying.
Sheldon
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