The Cholesterol Myth

The Cholesterol Myth

I am sharing this article as with ongoing research many myths about  Cholesterol and for that matter so many other health issues are constantly under scrutiny and the findings of research are ever changing as we can see here



By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

For the past four decades, the U.S. government has warned that eating cholesterol-rich foods such as eggs would raise your LDL cholesterol (inappropriately referred to as “bad” cholesterol) and promote heart disease. However, decades worth of research utterly failed to demonstrate this correlation, and the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans ^{[1],[2],[3],[4],[5]} finally addressed this scientific shortcoming, announcing “cholesterol is not considered a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” ^[6]

How Cholesterol Helps Support Your Health

 A study that contradicts traditional conceptions of High Cholesterol leading to heart disease.

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death, and cholesterol is frequently given the blame. But is it justified?
Over the past 60 years, research has repeatedly demonstrated that there's NO correlation between high cholesterol and plaque formation that leads to heart disease. Despite that, the saturated fat/cholesterol myth has persisted.

How Cholesterol Helps Support Your Health