WHY LDL CHOLESTEROL IS NOT THE VILLAN OF HEART DISEASE

The concept that LDL is “bad cholesterol” is  simplistic and scientifically untenable, to the point that LDL has got a really bad name and is grossly misunderstood by the public, the media and the medical profession. In contrast, its twin HDL is always the good guy. In reality there is no good or bad cholesterol and I'll explain why. Sticking to hard science, in 2005, Colpo commented, “no tightly controlled clinical trial has ever conclusively demonstrated that reducing LDL cholesterol can prevent cardiovascular disease, this has been borne out by dozens of clinical trials show that lowering LDL cholesterol did not prevent heart disease and an extremely large meta-analysis of 61 prospective studies that comprised 900,000 adults found no association of LDL cholesterol linked to strokes either!  Dr. Sarah Lewington from  the University of Oxford was quoted as saying “I think all we can say is that we don’t really understand what’s going on here.” Kuhn et al wrote: “Blood cholesterol by itself is a poor predictor of individual risk of coronary heart disease and few people identified purely on the basis of cholesterol levels will gain any benefit from treatment by taking cholesterol lowering drugs like statins.

So, if LDL free cholesterol itself does not cause heart disease or strokes, then what does and why has LDL got such a bad name? The key to answering these two questions is to understand the role of LDL in the body. LDL free cholesterol is a transport vehicle for parent essential oils ( essential fatty acids ) into the cells. It just so happens that LDL will transport  any type of EFA, but particularly Linoleic Acid ( LA) the omega 6 type, and it will carry both the  good or bad - including oxidised trans-fats. According to Professor Gerhard Spiteller, at the University of Bayreuth Germany,'it's the consumption of the oxidised PUFA-cholesterol esters in our diet, caused from eating hydrogenated fats like margarine and processed adulterated  omega 6 fats in processed foods that are responsible for the damage to endothelial cells in the arteries of the heart'. These PUFA trans fats are toxic compounds, and LDL unknowingly transports these poisons into cell walls that clog our arteries. LDL is simply doing its job; the bad guy is the oxidised esters which create free radicals and not the LDL cholesterol. Okay, so how do we make sure that our body's LDL carries good fats and not bad fats.

It's really quite simple - we just make sure we stop eating or reduce our diet intake of  bad fats and we eat  more fully functional unprocessed essential fatty acids, in particular Linoleic Acid ( LA omega 6). If we continue to eat  adulterated processed omega 6 fats or hydrogenated oils then we will create a toxic load of oxidised PUFA trans fats which poor old LDL will have no choice but to carry  into heart cells or dump onto arterial walls as plaque.  Failure to distinguish between the processed and unprocessed EFA has led to incorrect and misleading information that all omega 6 fats are bad for our health. Please be aware that he body cannot make essential Omega 6 fatty acids - they  must come from either the foods we eat or from taking a parent essential oil (PEO) supplement.The best diet sources of diet Omega 6 include; organic free range poultry & red meat, free range eggs, aovocados, nuts and seeds and organic cereals.


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