Cholesterol and atherosclerosis are not twins - brothers. Saying "atherosclerosis", do not mean "cholesterol". And vice versa.

Have you ever paid attention to marking on packages with "cholesterol-free" products? For sure.

And on products in which he was not there to budge - on vegetable oil, for example? Also for sure.

And especially no one is not surprised at this - maybe the progress of medicine made it possible to detect some microdoses of this "enemy" in products previously considered safe, and now it is necessary to warn conscious citizens about this?.

In fact, everything is absolutely wrong Cholesterol in vegetable oils, as there was no, and no, but the laws of market economy both acted and acted.

This is how the fact is that after the announcement of WHO cholesterol contained in animal fats, the main cause of atherosclerosis, you can say, a massive campaign to withdraw it from food, or to expel products containing cholesterol, from our table.

In America (and not only) the reputation of the main enemy of health was fixed for cholesterol, huge amounts were invested in the production and advertising of products without cholesterol. As a result, products containing cholesterol (that is, not labeled "without cholesterol") are almost impossible to sell. This wave has already reached us.

Of course, it can be welcomed - as evidence of our inclusion in the ranks of fighters for the health of the nation as a whole. Meanwhile, the twenty-year campaign to expel cholesterol from the everyday life of American citizens almost did not bring any results. The progress of "their" medicine in the field of treatment of the consequences of atherosclerosis is indisputable, but the number of atherosclerosis, which is ill every year, unfortunately does not decrease significantly.

Questions arise: for example, is the consumption of cholesterol with food most of the cause of atherosclerosis, and is it possible that the oldest and most indispensable food products, such as dairy, not to mention meat, in fact would be so harmful and even dangerous for the health of modern man?.

Try to consider the problem is not biased According to different authors, about 2/3 of the cholesterol is produced by the body in the liver, the remaining one comes from food. Cholesterol is not intended by nature to cause serious, and sometimes incurable diseases. Its role in the body is creative: it is a component of cell membranes, and repair of damaged cells, and the formation of new cells without cholesterol is impossible. Cholesterol serves as a "raw material" for the production of steroid hormones, including sex. Specifying the last statement, we can say that sex hormones are somewhat modified cholesterol. What power is there - without cholesterol?.

There is no cholesterol in the body. On this part, we live, what is called "from the wheels".

So, let's return to the question of the dangers of cholesterol, or rather, cholesterol - increasing its level in the blood in comparison with the accepted norm. Because it is this increase in the level for reasons of nutrition peculiarities that is now declared the cause of atherosclerosis.

Meanwhile, this provision raises many doubts. And that's why.

Humanity seems to have created a problem in the form of atherosclerosis, which it now tries to overcome with enthusiasm. Attempts, however, have been made a lot, while with enthusiasm so far everything is in order, it remains to wait for the results, which still do not please.

So, the US, which is perhaps the standard of state policy in organizing the fight against atherosclerosis, in terms of morbidity and mortality from atherosclerosis can not catch up, let alone overtake France, which does not pretend to be a standard. And about Japan, Mexico, Egypt in general to speak it is not necessary, - in these countries even hints are not present on aspiration to eradicate cholesterol from use.

Medicine in the basis of their studies has long put an experiment on animals. Just remember the dog AND. Pavlova. At the dawn of the century, normal physiology revealed many of its secrets thanks to the oldest four-footed friend of man.

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