Dr. Ancel Keyes proposed the idea that heart disease is connected to cholesterol and fat intake.
Did you know that ...Keyes' study was seriously flawed?
....Keyes had access to data from at least 22 countries, but he only used the figures from six in his paper...if he had used all the data that was available to him, the correlation between dietary fat consumption and heart disease would have disappeared... [Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, How to Prevent and Reverse Dementia, Parkinson's, ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, pages 140]
Did you know that ...After more than five decades of research, there has yet to be a study that proves that eating saturated fat and cholesterol causes heart disease...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 141]
Did you know that ...The brain contains almost 25 percent of the body's cholesterol. In fact, the brain's need for cholesterol is so great that it manufactures its own cholesterol to supplement that which is produce by the liver. The cholesterol in the brain is produced by the glial cells...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Autism Now, A Parent's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Autism Spectrum Disorders, page 110]
Did you know that ...Drug-induced cholesterol lowering causes a loss in brain function?....
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 147]
Did you know that ...depriving the brain of cholesterol sets into motion chemical changes that lead to the formation of abnormal proteins and neurofibrillatory tangles characteristic of damage seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases....
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 148]
Did you know that ...subjects who were taking cholesterol lowering drugs reported a significant increase in depression, irritability, and aggression that apparently led to increased incidences of suicides and violent deaths....
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 147, 148]
Did you know that ...Many medical professionals are questioning the sanity of prescribing cholesterol-lowering drugs....
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 147]
Every cell in your body contains cholesterol. Cholesterol is used for cell generation and repair.
Did you know that ...Cholesterol is essential for proper immune function?...When blood cholesterol is low, white blood cells, the workhorse of our immune system, are under-produced, and the body is less capable of fighting off infections....
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 146]
Did you know that ...Cholesterol is absolutely essential for the transmission of nerve impulses and the communication between neurons. It is needed for storing and retrieving memories...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 146]
Did you know that ...Cholesterol also functions as the precursor for a number of vital hormones?...These hormones regulate sexual differentiation and behavior; mediate menstrual cycle and pregnancy: regulate the excretion of salt and water by kidneys...and influence a wide variety of other vital functions...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 145]
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Did you know that ...More than 80 percent of the cholesterol in our blood is manufactured in our own bodies?... Cholesterol is not the evil villain it has been made out to be...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 143-144]
Did you know that ...The body has a genetically determined level of cholesterol it prefers and it will always try to maintain this level...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 143-144]
Did you know that ...The liver carefully regulates the amount of cholesterol in our bodies, so it doesn't really matter how much saturated fat or cholesterol we eat: the liver will only manufacture the amount we need to maintain homeostatis...
[Dr. Bruce Fife, N.D., Stop Alzheimers Now, pages 143-144]