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The truth about cholesterol

Cholesterol. It's a word that everyone must have heard - but almost certainly for the wrong reason.

Because of the propaganda, you can be forgiven for thinking that cholesterol is a harmful alien substance that must be avoided at all costs.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The truth is that cholesterol is arguably the most important substance in your body.
Here are a few facts:

• Cholesterol is made by your body in quantities many times greater than the amount you can eat
• If you eat less cholesterol in your diet, your body merely makes more
• If you eat more cholesterol, your body doesn't need to make as much
• Low cholesterol is found to cause many more illnesses and deaths than high cholesterol
• Just as many people with low cholesterol have heart attacks as those with higher cholesterol
• People with high cholesterol live longer than those with low cholesterol
• Although most heart attacks occur after age 65, there is no relation with cholesterol at these ages
• High cholesterol is not a risk factor for heart disease in women at any age
• Cholesterol is found only in animals; there is no cholesterol in plants
• Cholesterol not only vital for human health, cholesterol is vital for human life itself.

This website contains some of the best-kept secrets about cholesterol. It will explain what cholesterol is, how cholesterol is made, how cholesterol works, and what can go wrong if your cholesterol is too low.

In looking at the harm that low cholesterol can do, it will look at medical evidence which proves conclusively that lowering your cholesterol is probably the biggest mistake you can make.