However, did you know that there are numerous health studies worldwide that visibly show that elevated cholesterol levels in the body actually increases longevity instead of decreasing it? Yes, you heard that right! People with high cholesterol have been statistically exposed to live longer and healthier than people with low cholesterol in numerous studies. There are numerous references for this phenomenon in Shane Ellison's controversial book, The Hidden Truth about Cholesterol Lowering Drugs, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov's (MD, PhD) book entitled The Cholesterol Myths, as well as Sally Fallon and Mary Enig's book, Nourishing Traditions.
So why in the world are the pharmaceutical and medical industry pushing for practically every person on the earth to "lower their cholesterol"? Well, the first, and more innocuous answer, is flawed medical studies from decades ago that have been accepted as truth and never fullly analyzed for their legitimacy. Another answer is that this exercise of recommending that half of the damn people in the world takes a cholesterol reducing medication (presently, statins), regardless of whether they actually have any genuine threat for heart disease, creates insane multi-billion money profits for the drug companies! Going through the final part of this article, we will see just how important the cholesterol can be to many people.