Research Highlights: In a Phase 1, first-in-human trial, a one-time infusion of an investigational CRISPR-Cas9 therapy targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) was safe and reduced LDL cholesterol by nearly 50% and reduced triglycerides by...
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    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2 months

      The body literally makes it because you need it

      For what?

      People with high cholesterol live longer…

      I don’t think that’s really a conclusive study. It only focuses on people who are already 80 or older and ignores the majority of people who suffer from cardiovascular issues that don’t make it to their eighties because of it.

      From this study you could also conclude that people who have a natural resistance to high cholesterol live longer.

      Youd wanna lower arterial plaque so cholesterol doesnt get stuck?

      Plaque forms when cholesterol lodges to the walls of arteries. This happens at a greater rate when you have more lower density cholesterol in your blood.

      An arterial calcium scan is the best indicator for heart disease etc. Not cholesterol

      But calcium buildups are formed from clacified plaque, which is made from cholesterol…

      If all forms of high cholesterol were really beneficial Americans would modern day Methuselahs.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 months

        for what?

        You might not need cholesterol. But that’s what brains are made out of.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2 months

          Lol, so your claim is that people with excessive cholesterol levels require it because they are making more brain…?

          No is claiming you shouldn’t have any cholesterol in your blood, just that there isn’t reason to have an elevated amount.

          If your body actually needed the excess lipids being produced it wouldn’t be saturated in the blood, it would be getting used.

          • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2 months

            I didn’t say to eat the cholesterol. Eating cholesterol isn’t the primary driver of blood cholesterol levels. Saturated fats are.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 months

      I have high cholesterol. I can send you some if you want. Promise it will make you live longer, it says so on this lemmy comment…

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      2 months

      No dude, you’re WAAAAAAY overstating what that paper says.

    • mholiv@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 months

      You need to reach out to the scientists to let them know! You could save lives with your insight!

    • termaxima@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2 months

      I’m sorry to inform you that you have fallen for online propaganda. Cholesterol definitely is bad for you.

    • melfie@lemy.lolEnglish
      2 months

      Our results challenge the common view that longevity is invariably associated with low cholesterol levels.

      While single study like this is far from conclusive, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that a diet of mostly minimally processed plant oils and animal fats would result in better longevity than the typical Western diet comprised mostly of the “hateful 8”.