Ok, brace yourself
the Masai tribe in Kenya, who love milk, have the lowest heart failure rates in the world, and also the highest levels of saturated fats and cholesterol !. If you have high cholesterol then congratulations ! The people with high cholesterol live longest… and saturated fats are not good, by the way, they’re great !
Let me tell you what cholesterol is: Your gall bladder breaks down fat with bile. Your liver manufactures these bile acids from cholesterol . The liver makes 80% of our cholesterol, and 20% comes from diet. So cholesterol is used to make bile acids (Bile surrounds fat globules and breaks them apart into countless tiny droplets). Your pancreas then breaks down fats further so that your small intestine can finally absorb fat from which you get energy eventually.
Let me say you definitely want to absorb fat, call it fuel, otherwise you poo it out, and your poo floats forever because it’s full of fat which was not absorbed. I know because that happened to me, but I have fixed my pancreas 60% by Earthing (but that’s another story). Let me get back to your question. Cholesterol is always discussed in a negative light, but it’s actually essential for human life . You need it to function properly. Cholesterol is a fundamental component of the outer layer of every single cell in your body. It is also used to make many hormones. I’ve explained it makes bile, but even the myelin sheath of nerves. Our brain is the most cholesterol-rich organ in the body! It’s everywhere ! (or should be). I too refused $tatins on 3 separate occasions about 15 years ago because they made me throw up in the mornings. I’m so glad I refused, as they block cholesterol, CoQ10 & selenium absorption.
You may have heard of good & bad cholesterol - that’s just hype to scare you:
- LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) - Often called “Bad”: This particle delivers cholesterol from the liver to your cells. If there is too much LDL, it can build up in the walls of your arteries, forming plaques that can lead to heart disease.
- HDL (High-Density Lipoprotein) - Often called “Good”: This particle acts like a cleanup crew. It picks up excess cholesterol from your arteries and tissues and brings it back to the liver for disposal or recycling.
Cholesterol is not the bad guy. Atherosclerosis is. (which is why I live on Magnesium (to dissolve plaques and calcification) and a bunch of things like Diatomaceous Earth (Opal Silica to strengthen heart arteries) and do Earthing to improve my circulation (slows down on stroke side). Tonight I am doing a fast, for example ; no food - no insulin (which damages artery walls). i.e.) Repair mode / time. There’s a lot more to this story, but I hope I’ve given a fair overview. I make no apologies for portraying cholesterol in a good light ; watch any decent podcast on it and they will say exactly the same
Relax, keep calm & rejoice ; your cholesterol is not a problem !!
Good wishes to your mum