“High cholesterol is healthy!” (Myth finally explained)

4 cholesterol myths crushed in 9 mins

People with High cholesterol have lower risk of death, cholesterol is crucial to make hormones, the brain needs cholesterol and we only get plaque in arteries. This means high cholesterol is healthy. Or does it.

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References:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

BMI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

BP & A1c: https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/art...

Cholesterol and disease:
https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016...
https://journals.lww.com/co-lipidolog...

trials: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

genetics: https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

age, disease and physiological metrics:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://karger.com/ger/article-abstra...

more cholesterol myth-busting: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

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0:00 Cholesterol and risk of death
2:38 A conundrum
5:23 Cholesterol, a crucial molecule
6:59 Cholesterol & the Brain
7:26 Arteries vs Veins