SubscribeCould Cholesterol Be Beneficial? Say It Ain’t So, Joe
I couldn’t help but grin at this title: Surprise — Cholesterol May Actually Pose Benefits, Study Shows. Uhh….surprise for whom?
Here are a few humorous quotes from the article, at least for those of us that are cholesterol skeptics.
it’s very possible that cholesterol may not be the mean Mr. Evil thing we tend to believe it is.
Wait! You mean to tell me that a substance your body naturally produces might have a valuable function in the body? I am Scott’s immense shock.
“We need further research in this area, but what we found could really make us look differently at cholesterol, especially as it relates to a vigorous workout.”
Don’t worry…I’m not holding my breath waiting for the mainstream to actually look differently at cholesterol.
If it’s true, as our findings suggest, that cholesterol may play a key role in muscle repair, we need to know exactly how that happens. And because cholesterol is negatively associated with cardiovascular health, we need further study in this area. It shows that there is still a lot about cholesterol that we don’t know.
Well isn’t that just a catch-22! Perhaps you should reexamine your take on cholesterol and cardiovascular health.
Anyway, Chris at Conditioning Research already beat me to a nice synopsis, so head over there for a great writeup.
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Filed in Medicine & Pharmaceuticals 6 Comments so far
sarena on 10 Jan 2008 at 11:16 am #
Scott I say Chol is extremely benficial with saturated fat and all. I can even prove it with my lipids. One years difference. What was the change? Basically,I b/c a carnivore after 14 years as a veg. and the removal of grains and addition of CrossFit.
Oct 27, 2006
chol total 168
HDL 54
Chol/HDL ratioo 3.1
LDL
102
Triglycerides 61
HA1C 6.0
Oct 19, 2007
Chol total 156
HDL 63
Chol/HDL ratio 2.5
LDL 85
Triglycerides 41
HA1C 5.9
Scott Kustes on 10 Jan 2008 at 3:54 pm #
I saw that over on Robb’s blog Sarena…that’s great! You have to watch those low-carb diets…they’ll make you keel over from all that fat and cholesterol. Keep up the awesome work.
Cheers
Scott
DaveC on 11 Jan 2008 at 8:59 am #
One result of all my reading over the last few months is that I have a half-empty bottle of Zocor sitting on my kitchen counter. I also switched M.D.s from one who’s answer to everything was found in his prescription pad to one who sees drugs as the course of last resort.
Joe Matasic on 11 Jan 2008 at 10:20 am #
DaveC:
You could do what I did what my generic bottle of half full Zocor. Over a year ago, I gave them to my parents. They won’t listen to me completly yet, but my mother is trying to low carb and at least cut her statin intake in half.
My doctor’s actually quit asking me about starting to take them again. Probably a combo of my smart ass answers and the fact that my number are “perfect” for her without them. Not that I care about the exact same numbers she’s looking at.
Scott Kustes on 11 Jan 2008 at 11:37 am #
Very cool Dave. I’m glad you’ve found someone that at least tries to let the body heal itself.
Cheers
Scott
DaveC on 11 Jan 2008 at 12:38 pm #
Thanks, Scott. The next target is the Zestoretic. My blood pressure was a rock solid 120/80 before I let my weight baloon and exercised less. I’ve gone from 242 to 206 since mid-August–hopefully I’ll be able to start weening myself of those damn things as well!! Then I’ll be down to one daily pill. I’m going to start a campaign to eradicate cedar trees from Texas so I can dump the Zyrtec!