We have discussed alternative medications in the past. My wife who is 58 has been trying to not be placed on statin drugs for high cholestorol. Her physician is now scaring her as her levels are over double what he wants them to be. Some of what I have read personally state that cholestorol is needed to ward off alzeheimers. One of her great aunts had alzeheimers and we suspected her sister my wifes grandmother as being undiagnosed. My wife is resonably inclined to stay away for statin drugs but we are also equally scared of her numbers.
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Yeah, I just explained why sugar causes inflammation: the sugar molecules are sharp and spiky, they tear at the micro-vessel-walls. AKA capillaries. Injury sites become inflamed.
Insulin is the body's mechanism to squirrel the sugar away in the form of fat. That is also a defensive manoeuvre. At least: it turns the harmful sugar into 'less' harmful fat.
Sugar's micro-injuries injuries explain why diabetics lose their extremities. Insulin no longer works, so the vessel-damage to small, far-away blood vessels becomes pronounced, more inflamed, and eventually hopelessly corrupted.
Inflammation sets off all the repair mechanisms, and one of those is the release of blood-cholesterol - which, one can imagine the body ferrying building blocks for repair - la bit like cement trucks coming down the high-way to the building site. Cholesterol is like the raw materials if you like, in the supply-line that is the circulatory system.
This paradigm also views cholesterol in the light to which was designed for: cholesterol is used in the making of brain and nerve tissue, and it is integral in the formation of Vit. D in the skin. Also: Vit D is needed in every cell of the body. SO, cholesterol is entirely misunderstood in its role.
The takeaway? 'High cholesterol' readings need more definition. High WHICH cholesterol is the first question - which will point to one's diet. But also: What are the insulin readings? Any symptoms? Look for inflammation markers - is the patient frequently taking anti-inflammatory medications, because of - what are the symptoms? etc. Frequent headaches? Sore joints?