Re: LDL too low...?

Juhana Harju wrote:
: Jim Chinnis wrote:
:
:: I am not aware, however, of any evidence that lowering LDL to very
:: low levels does anything except good. That's not saying that the
:: lower the LDL the better, just that no one has shown otherwise at
:: this point in time.
:
: LDL is definitely in association with total cholesterol. Very low
: total cholesterol is associated with increased risk of
: non-cardiovascular causes of death i.e. increased cancer risk and
: increased risk of strokes.

Correction: I meant to say that besides cancer _hemorrhagic_ stroke is
associated with low cholesterol (not ischemic stroke which accounts 80 % of
strokes).

: I recall seeing a recent study which
: implicated that low total cholesterol was not only a result of being
: ill already but a risk in itself. Still I can not provide any
: reference as I can't remember which study it was.
:
: On the other hand there are doctors (Ornish, Esselstyn) who have
: succeeded in reversing atherosclerosis with a strict vegetarian or
: almost vegetarian diet with the aim of reducing total and LDL
: cholesterol as low as possible. T. Colin Campbell with his China
: study is among those who promote a vegatarian (vegan) diet and a very
: low cholesterol achieved mainly by diet.

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Juhana


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