Doctor Alexander Shishonin: lowering cholesterol can make the body susceptible to cancer.
Doctor Shishonin shared his opinion on why he considers the standards of normal cholesterol known today (from 3.3 to 5.5 mmol/l) incorrect. The doctor explained that this norm arose due to studies conducted among young patients under 40 years of age. Scientists have linked their predisposition to heart attack to high cholesterol. However, subsequent studies led to the conclusion that its cause is not high cholesterol, but severe stress.
“Due to stress, vasospasm occurs, which leads to vascular events. And cholesterol is not to blame for anything. It is not the cause of heart attacks, but increases because it helps the body recover from stress,” the doctor shared with the Doctor Peter portal.
Alexander Shishonin added that there is also research data that says that after the age of 50, cholesterol elevated relative to existing standards (from 8 and above) is associated with a lower risk of vascular events.
Talking about why it is not necessary strive to reduce cholesterol levels, he noted that unreasonable reduction of cholesterol can lead to cancer.
“There are doctors who, in the old fashioned way, want the patient’s cholesterol to be even below 3, then there will definitely be no plaques. But then he will develop oncology, because without cholesterol the anti-cancer immunity will not work.”
Dr. Shishonin stated that in people who are actively involved in sports and physical exercise, cholesterol at first glance may turn out to be “off scale.” But in their case, the body produces cholesterol more intensively to restore itself – this has nothing to do with pathology.
The MedikForum.ru portal previously wrote that addiction to beer increases the likelihood of intestinal cancer.
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Alexander Shishonin Health doctor, candidate of medical sciences