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Insight # 1
Af ter putting the cholesterol scare into everyone, there was a realization in the medical community: the amount of cholesterol you consume has minimal bearing upon the amount of cholesterol in your blood. [2]
Insight # 2
Most of the cholesterol in the body is produced by the body itself , and an internal f eedback loop exists such that the less cholesterol one eats, the more one makes, and visa versa. [3]
Insight # 3
T he answer is hormones more specif ically HGH which assist in the regulation of cholesterol production. [6]
Insight # 4
Researchers have f ound that in normal adults the higher levels of HGH they had the higher levels of HDL, healthy cholesterol they had. [7] Studies point to the f act that HGH specif ically increases healthy HDL cholesterol and lowers the more dangerous LDL cholesterol ultimately dropping the risk of clogged arteries.
Study Results
In a study on heart disease by Dr. Bengtsson f rom the University of Gothenburg showed that of 300 patients with HGH def iciency all had normal cholesterol levels. However, when he split the cholesterol levels between LDL and HDL the levels revealed a very dif f erent story. [8] T hese HGH def icient patients had very high levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and very low levels of the good HDL cholesterol. Dr. Bengtsson concluded this helps explain the double increase in cardiovascular problems experienced by this group of patients.
[1] U.S. National Library of Medicine. T he ef f ect of growth hormone on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lipoprotein (a) levels in f amilial hypercholesterolemia. Available f rom: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8931648 [2] Sharcare. How does dietary cholesterol af f ect blood cholesterol? Available f rom: http://www.sharecare.com/health/cholesterol/how-dietary-cholesterol-blood-cholesterol [3] Chris Kresser. Why you should eat more (not less) cholesterol. Available f rom: http://chriskresser.com/whyyou-should-eat-more-not-less-cholesterol [4] U.S. National Library of Medicine. T he role of human growth hormone in the regulation of cholesterol and bile acid metabolism. Available f rom: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6619265 [5] Federation of American Societies f or Experimental Biology. Growth hormone reduces plasma cholesterol in LDL receptor-def icient mice. Available f rom: http://www.f asebj.org/content/15/8/1350.f ull [6] Research Gate. T he role of human growth hormone in the regulation of cholesterol and bile acid metabolism. Available f rom: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/16577585_T he_role_of _human_growth_hormone_in_the_regulation_of _cholesterol_and_bile_acid_metabolism [7] Genetech. Understanding HGH. Available f rom: http://www.gene.com/patients/diseaseeducation/understanding-human-growth-hormone [8] Dr. Bengt-Ake Bengtsson. Available f rom: Optimum Health by Stephen T Sinatra MD, page 257.