Feeling constantly drained, struggling with hormonal imbalances, or battling relentless stress? Could your cholesterol levels be the hidden factor affecting your health? It’s time to explore the real impact of cholesterol and how finding the right balance can lead to lasting improvements in your energy and well-being. Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How cholesterol supports vital functions like hormone production, brain health, and energy regulation.
- The surprising connection between cholesterol levels and stress management, stamina, and mood.
- Practical tips to achieve balanced cholesterol and the remarkable benefits it brings to your overall health.
Balanced Cholesterol: The Secret to Optimal Health
In the final years of my father’s life, his cholesterol levels had dropped significantly, falling to 160 or below. Previously, his cholesterol had been quite high. It’s not surprising that he experienced depression and fatigue, which blood tests suggested might be linked to low testosterone. When I first started practicing after chiropractic school, my cholesterol levels were notably high, exceeding 200 and approaching 300. Contrary to popular belief, high cholesterol isn’t always a problem; in fact, it can be associated with longer life and reduced risk of fatal diseases in the elderly. However, in some cases, it may indicate hypothyroidism.
It’s important to understand the truth about cholesterol and how to manage it if levels become too high or too low. Cholesterol is a crucial precursor for all sex hormones and hormones related to longevity and vitality.
Cholesterol plays several vital roles:
- Managing stress
- Producing reproductive and sex hormones
- Generating energy
- Maintaining stable blood sugar levels
- Supporting body repair and regeneration (anti-aging)
- Ensuring healthy brain function, mood, cognition, and memory
- Contributing to overall strength, stamina, and vitality
Cholesterol is beneficial for the body. If cholesterol levels are too high, it may indicate poor stress adaptation.
Cholesterol is transported to your adrenal glands, ovaries, testes, and peripheral tissues via low-density lipoproteins (LDLs). The liver produces 80% of the cholesterol in your body, with the remaining cholesterol being formed in other cells. Cholesterol is essential for creating bile from cholic acid, which aids in fat digestion and absorption. About 94% of bile salts are recirculated. Bile salts and lecithin are crucial for brain function, as the brain is rich in cholesterol and fatty substances like choline and lecithin. Lowering cholesterol levels can sometimes lead to depression. Understanding the role of cholesterol, its functions, and its importance is crucial for maintaining overall health.
Do you want high, low, or balanced cholesterol?
Dietary changes typically do not affect your blood plasma cholesterol levels by more than 15%. Low levels of insulin or thyroid hormone can raise your blood cholesterol, while excess thyroid hormone can lower it. Recently, there has been considerable debate about whether high or low cholesterol levels are preferable. Amidst the confusion, balanced cholesterol levels are often overlooked.
What is Healthy Cholesterol?
What foods should you consume to maintain healthy cholesterol levels?
Does high cholesterol contribute to heart disease?
Key Facts About Cholesterol
- Cholesterol is a crucial part of cell membranes, including those of organelles within cells.
- It is not a fat but is fat-soluble.
- A balanced mix of phospholipids, fatty acids, and cholesterol in cell membranes ensures flexibility and shape retention.
- Cholesterol aids in the healing process, contributing to the formation of scar tissue in arteries affected by conditions like atherosclerosis.
- The brain contains significant amounts of cholesterol, which is necessary for proper brain function. Cholesterol in eggs has been shown to benefit memory in older adults.
- Cholesterol levels can rise as part of the immune system’s response to chronic infections.
- Infants require ample cholesterol for brain development, typically found in high concentrations in breast milk. Many infant formulas lack sufficient cholesterol due to a general misunderstanding.
- Cholesterol is used to produce adrenal and gonadal hormones, which manage stress, energy, and reproductive functions. This is why cholesterol levels may increase during periods of high stress.
- It is essential for nerve function and skin health, and it is converted into bile salts in the liver, which help digest fats.
- Since the brain is largely composed of fat, proper cholesterol and fat metabolism are essential for maintaining brain health.
You have various types of lipoproteins, which are substances made up of cholesterol and other lipid components.
- Most lipoproteins are produced in your liver.
- The primary role of lipoproteins is to transport lipids through your bloodstream.
- VLDLs (Very Low-Density Lipoproteins) carry triglycerides to fat tissues throughout your body.
- LDLs (Low-Density Lipoproteins) and IDLs (Intermediate-Density Lipoproteins) play crucial roles in transporting phospholipids and cholesterol between your liver and peripheral tissues.
- It’s misguided to consider these lipoproteins harmful or to blame them for heart disease, as they are essential for the function of every cell in your body.
- LDLs are sometimes labeled as “bad cholesterol” because, when exposed to excessive glucose, free radicals, iron, homocysteine, insulin, and toxins, they can become oxidized. This oxidation can lead to inflammation and plaque formation in the arteries, a condition known as arteriosclerosis. However, it’s important to recognize that it is excess dietary sugars and starches that are problematic, not LDL cholesterol itself.
The misconception that cholesterol is harmful often stems from its presence in areas affected by conditions like atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis.
Watch How Sam Slashed His Cholesterol by 60 Points in 30 Days!
Whole Dessicated Spleen (Spleen Desiccated) – Sam loves this product. When we gave same the Dessicated Spleen to chew with each of his meals, his energy went through the roof and his mood also improved. It really made a big difference for him. His dosage was 4 with breakfast, 4 with lunch and 4 with dinner.
Fen-cho – We also gave Sam Fen-cho. Fen-cho is a bile salts product. Your liver makes bile and then stores it in your gallbladder. Many people have been exposed to too many poisons and toxins that have caused them to have a toxic liver and/or gallbladder. Sometimes a product like Fen-cho can really help your liver and gallbladder to function better. We had sam take 1 pill three times a day for a week and then 2 pills 3 times per day for a week and then 3 pills three times a day for a week and then back down to 1 pill three times a day for a week. We did not want his body to get too used to the bile salts to we made sure to regularly adjust the dosage. This also helped Sam with his mood and energy and cholesterol.
Chlorophyll Complex Perles – We gave Sam this product to help with the viscosity of his blood and to reduce inflammation in his body. Less inflammation meant that he had better digestion, no pain, no headaches, clearer thinking, lower cholesterol levels, etc… Chlorophyll complex just happens to be the most powerful all natural pain modulator that I am aware of. It contains plenty of magnesium and iron to help with heart function and liver function and also balanced cholesterol levels. It also contains a great deal of choline that helps a person to stay calm and detoxify unwanted poisons and toxins. Choline is another great nutrient for the liver and gallbladder and it can help to reduce cholesterol levels in some people.
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