https://biotech.industryexaminer.com/gene-edit-to-lower-chol...
(It's gene-editing: puts in a premature stop codon in the PCSK9 gene preventing it from being expressed)
Is that they are dangerous and useless.
Dangerous in that cutting 69% of your cholesterol.
we need cholesterol.
a money making machine designed by big pharma
I have lived on a ketogenic diet for over 20 years.
75% of my calory intake are made up of fats.
I eat a ton of high cholesterol foods
I an an old geezer. I have regular check ups at my GP.
My cholesterol levels are below average.
The research:
The study reviewed research of almost 70,000 people and found that elevated levels of “bad cholesterol” did not raise the risk of early death from cardiovascular disease in people over 60.
High cholesterol 'does not cause heart disease' new research finds, so treating with statins a 'waste of time'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/12/high-choleste...
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E.g. low LDL, which is an anti-toxant to certain bacterial toxins, leads to a higher risks of sepsis.
In general just lowering _any_ cholesterol without understanding _all_ the cons and pros won't cut it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8886946/
Kirby64•1d ago
There’s plenty of people that have degenerative diseases with no perceivable benefit that are “evolutionary” favored due to genetics just working out that way. What does Huntington’s disease provide? Its a dominant gene, doesn’t typically effect people until they’re 30 or 40 past their prime child years.
> In general just lowering _any_ cholesterol without understanding _all_ the cons and pros won't cut it.
Pros: it significantly decreases long term of risk of cardiovascular disease later in life
Cons: the medications have to be taken daily forever, I guess.
This is just an argument from nature. If you have very high cholesterol, there’s no good reason to not lower it to sub-problematic levels.
lifeplusplus•1d ago
High cholesterol could be from high glucose/insulin damaging arteries
Or could also be from weight loss
Simplest fixes are
- eat low carb
- don't eat all day intermittent fasting
- walk after eating to lower spike
- eat olives which protects lining of veins and arteries
- avoid seed oils
- pick antiinflammatory foods and supplements
- take l-arginine and similar supplements, sunlight, green veggies, no mouth wash, exercise to increase nitrogen oxide production... Breath through nose as well
- exercise to increase good cholesterol
- sleep well and keep cortisol low (stress)
Cholesterol is needed for hormones, brain, everything... I believe statin are linked to Alzheimer
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