The conventional wisdom propagated by physicians and cardiovascular researchers is that it is good to reduce cholesterol in the bloodstream attached to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles. The lower the better. This is cholesterol transported outwards from its creation in the liver for use elsewhere in the body. When sustained over decades, higher LDL-cholesterol increases the pace of development of fatty atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessel walls, the cause of eventual heart attack and stroke. Human mutants with abnormally low LDL-cholesterol levels <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/03/gene-mutation-cut…
Why is Low Blood Cholesterol Associated with Increased Late Life Mortality?
The conventional wisdom propagated by physicians and cardiovascular researchers is that it is good to reduce cholesterol in the bloodstream attached to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles. The lower the better. This is cholesterol transported outwards from its creation in the liver for use elsewhere in the body. When sustained over decades, higher LDL-cholesterol increases the pace of development of fatty atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessel walls, the cause of eventual heart attack and stroke. Human mutants with abnormally low LDL-cholesterol levels <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/03/gene-mutation-cut…