Cholesterol is a topic all over advertisements and products on the supermarket shelves. Many believe that eating cholesterol is bad. But, the liver actually manufactures 1000+ mg of cholesterol per day from other fats; cholesterol is a vital precursor to Vitamin D and sex hormones and some research suggests that cholesterol can act as an antioxidant when other antioxidants are not present. Cholesterol is vital to life.
We are all exposed to advertisements for lowering cholesterol. Quaker Oatmeal and Honey Nut Cheerios claim to lower cholesterol 4 points. Sounds good, but the margin of error for total cholesterol is 9%. Even with a cholesterol count of 200, it could be off by 18 points either direction - sounds like safe marketing!
The body is amazing at maintaining balance for purposes of survival. Notice that I stated survival and not health. Yes, your body wants to be healthy, but it wants to survive as well. At times, the body may raise cholesterol for the purpose of surviving. Instead of lowering the raised cholesterol level (symptom) artificially with medication, it is important to discover why the body is raising cholesterol and correct the cause. The correction is always something of the raw materials the body can deal with - nutrition, toxin reduction, exercise, and stress reduction. A complimentary therapy for these natural methods is Lipotrophic-Plus, a nutrition supplement to support healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
For some additional fun information, view research released this week on Vytorin and Zetia, the leading cholesterol lowering drugs that cost about $4/pill.
