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The more times a lie is repeated by the number of people that repeat it, the more people believe it as the truth. This is the evolution of a lie to a truth.
Here's a good example:
For years, people have been told that they have to cut down on foods high in cholesterol so that their blood serum cholesterol will go down. It sounds legitimate right? After all, cholesterol causes heart disease, right? Wrong! There has been no link established between how much cholesterol is consumed and how much cholesterol is in the blood. The human body produces its own cholesterol. The perceived link is the truth that the people who started it want you to believe. That way, they can sell you drugs to lower your cholesterol if your diet changes don't lower it.
How many people have you heard it from? It's in the thousands, I'm sure. Television and radio advertising, doctors and advocates are a few of them. The lie has been repeated so many times and so many times from people who are supposed to be an "authority" on the subject that the lie has become the truth for many people.
One of my grandmothers, God rest her soul, died at the age of 90. She ate pork and pork products (very high in fat and cholesterol) along with other high cholesterol items (such as eggs) all of her life. She had raised pigs, chickens, and other farm animals for her immediate family to live on (starting before the great depression). She did not die of heart disease. I wonder what she would have thought about the "truth of cholesterol"?
If your concerned with having too much of the bad (LDL) cholesterol in your system, please stay away from prescription drugs. They do more harm than good, in my opinion, because of the side effects. Take a few minutes and learn how to increase HDL (the good cholesterol) by controlling your diet and exercising. If you increase the HDL in your system, your LDL will naturally decrease.
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I tested this theory a few years ago. I consumed eggs for breakfast at least 4 times a week (usually 2 or 3) and fed my protein requirements with beef, for the most part. After 2-1/2 months, I got a second blood test and my cholesterol level was virtually unchanged. The idea that anything that we consume enters and leaves the stomach unchanged is ridiculous. Our bodies break down the food we consume into amino acids and rebuilds them. Where's the link? I don't see one either.
I can relate my own story. In 1996, when I first became stationed in Barstow, California, I was tested for cholesterol as part of a base-wide study. I reported a year later for a follow-up test. In between, I consumed very low amounts of cholesterol as part of a strict diet (self-imposed). Guess what? My blood serum cholesterol level rose instead of dropping. The person evaluating accused me of cheating on my own diet, telling me that that was the only way the level could go up.
[...] in February, I wrote an article called Lies That Become Truth. In that article, I wrote about the myths of cholesterol that people in authority would have us [...]
Hmm. The topic is quiet tricky. The degree of cholesterol found in our diet actually have nothing to do with the fats we consumed. Our liver produces substantial amount of Cholesterol to help our body perform its various functions properly. According to health experts, cholesterol is a substance that occurs normally in our body and is used for our body to function naturally, including brain, muscle, skin, heart and any other else. Cholesterol helps our body produce vitamin D, and bile acids to help us digest fat. However, having too much production of cholesterol in your blood stream may heighten the risk of having heart disease. Excess weight makes our body produce more cholesterol that needed, added here are the stuffs you eat, alcohol, stress and level of activities. I don't think that the information given to us long time ago about cholesterol is just a myth. Always remember — TOO MUCH OF GOOD THING IS BAD FOR OUR HEALTH. Though lots of cholesterol lowering pill are sold out in the market. It is much more likely to be beneficial if we become active physically and engage ourselves in exercise regimen. Weight increases production of cholesterol, and in order to prevent this, we need to lose weight. To lower down its production, lower triglycerides and raise the production of HDL.