More and more research continues to show just the opposite of what mainstream medicine claims about high cholesterol levels being a cause of heart disease and stroke. A study done in Japan shows that for the subjects in a recent study, (all Japanese citizens), the highest cholesterol levels, were coordinated with the lowest death rates.
OK, first keep in mind that these results may only apply to the Japanese, but even if that is true, the results are eye-opening. Stroke, of course, can occur from two primary causes, bleeding in the brain, (hemorrhagic), and restricted blood flow to the brain, (ischemic). Look at what the study found:
As we all know, though, high cholesterol has been implicated in increased risk of death not only due to stroke, but also to heart disease, and the combination is referred to as cardiovascular disease. So what happened when the researchers looked at the relationship between cholesterol and risk of death due to both stroke and heart disease?The results showed that risk of death from ischaemic stroke was reduced by 71 per cent in individuals within the highest cholesterol band compared to the lowest. Also, the higher the cholesterol, the lower the risk. In other words, it seems as though the problems associated with low cholesterol do indeed outweigh any benefits where ischaemic stroke is concerned.
The results for haemorrhagic stroke were even more startling, though: The risk in the highest cholesterol band was 96 per cent lower than the lowest band. Again, the higher the cholesterol, the lower the risk.
The results showed that the higher someone’s cholesterol was, the lower their risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. In those with the highest cholesterol, risk of death was 58 per cent lower than those in the lowest cholesterol band.
http://www.drbriffa.com/2011/07/08/high ... -in-japan/
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