High Cholesterol Support Group
High cholesterol is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is not a disease but a metabolic derangement that can be secondary to many diseases and can contribute to many forms of disease, most notably cardiovascular disease. If you have high cholesterol, join the community to find support and share your experience.
This is a mind boggler.
If you were to graph cardiovascular disease rates in the united states, you would see a sharp rise around the 1920's with a steep climb untill the 1960's when cardiovascular disease peaks, then it begins a long slow gradual decline to today, but still remains at a high level.
In 1968 when America was suffering the highest rates of heart disease, France was enjoying 1/5th the heart disease the USA was. 80% less heart disease despite their consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol levels fairly consistent with the rest of the world.
Whats interesting to me is the introduction of statin drugs in the late 80's, and skyrocking sales of statins did nothing to alter heart disease' steady course. There was no corresonding fall in heart disease with the skyrocketing sales of these drugs. After 20 years of statins, they haven't really done anything to irradicate heart disease.
For those of you with high cholesterol levels, you may be encouraged with this data: My worldwide studies into death rates from heart disease and total cholesterol levels of various countries shows absolutely no relationship between total cholesterol and heart disease.
None whatsoever.
If you were to graph cardiovascular disease rates in the united states, you would see a sharp rise around the 1920's with a steep climb untill the 1960's when cardiovascular disease peaks, then it begins a long slow gradual decline to today, but still remains at a high level.
In 1968 when America was suffering the highest rates of heart disease, France was enjoying 1/5th the heart disease the USA was. 80% less heart disease despite their consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol levels fairly consistent with the rest of the world.
Whats interesting to me is the introduction of statin drugs in the late 80's, and skyrocking sales of statins did nothing to alter heart disease' steady course. There was no corresonding fall in heart disease with the skyrocketing sales of these drugs. After 20 years of statins, they haven't really done anything to irradicate heart disease.
For those of you with high cholesterol levels, you may be encouraged with this data: My worldwide studies into death rates from heart disease and total cholesterol levels of various countries shows absolutely no relationship between total cholesterol and heart disease.
None whatsoever.
and yes you are right, most cholesterol medication has poor results. i've tried a bunch and the best combination that i have used seems to be increase in omega oils, less processed foods, more vegetables, more grains. unfortunately, i wander away then my cholesterol rises.
it seems also that the older i get, the easier for my cholesterol to go up and the harder it is to go down. kind of like my weight. it goes on real easy but is extremely hard to get rid of.
yes, i wish there was some magic pill that caused cholesterol to go down and the HDL to go up. but i also wonder if there really is a good enough connection between high cholesterol and CHD. most of the heart patients i know have good cholesterol levels. they also have high blood pressure. i on the other hand have lousy cholesterol levels and low blood pressure. is there a connection there?
who knows. sometimes i don't think that the cardiologists and dieticians know either. they seem to go on what the drug companies have been touting for so many years...hm...wonder why?
Again, cholesterol is not the Villian here. Half of all heart attacks occur in people with low and normal cholesterol. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
But the cholesterol lowering market is a 50 billion dollar per year business, and as long as we the people believe that lowering cholesterol will protect us from cardiovascular disease, the cash flow will be there.
But I tell you the truth. If all the profits from cholesterol lowering remedies were to vanish overnight, by morning nobody would be advising us to lower our cholesterol.