You’ve got a diagnosis of high cholesterol.
Oh dear ! We’re accustomed to viewing high levels of LDL cholesterol as “a heart attack
waiting to happen”. This viewpoint leads to Low cholesterol diets and statin prescriptions.
While extremely high levels of LDL particles are definitely not a sign of GOOD HEALTH,
the real red flag, is the combination of high LDL particles and low HDL particles. You see,
the LDL particles are being deliberately dispatched by the liver, to provide cells with the cholesterol
they need to function. Surprise, surprise – cholesterol is a critical nutrient. It
does all sorts of things like shoring up membranes, insulating nerve cells, it serves as a building
block for steroid hormones, it’s killing off nasties in the GUT and facilitating the
absorption fat soluble vitamins. It’s needed. When LDL levels are high – it’s because
cells NEED MORE. Why they need more…………….. typically, they’re in some kind of TROUBLE.
I like to think of LDL particles as the Red Cross, delivering supplies and band aids.
Interfering with these helpful supplies is “misguided”. Unfortunately, when the cholesterol
enters the war zone, it too can get damaged. Oxidative stress is brutal. So is glycation.
Our hero, gets hurt. One thing leads to another and……………… the next thing you know,
the intima, the layer that lines the arteries, is jammed up with foam cells, that are overloaded
with cholesterol. The overflow, blocks blood flow……………… Bad body chemistry
creates the mess. It is unfortunate, but not a disaster. The liver dispatches HDL particles,
to bring the superfluous cholesterol back to base, so it can be appropriately disposed
of. HDL particles can vacuum up the excess cholesterol, through a process known as reverse
cholesterol transport. A key player in this process is a transporter protein, known as
the ABCA1 transporter. It’s all very civilized……………. Except when the body suffers an HDL shortage.
When this happens, the cholesterol overflow is not removed timeously, the minor mess accumulates,
becoming a disaster. In light of this, maybe it’s time to focus on increasing HDL, not
The in form, ABCA1 transporter is able to move phospholipids out of the cell membranes
and package them into the lipid poor Apo A1 containing lipoprotein particles. Which is
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