Link Between Cholesterol & Cancer

Link Between Cholesterol & Cancer

Link Between Cholesterol & Cancer

Health and HGH – Human Growth Hormone

A generally established factor for heart disease, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is known as the “bad” cholesterol.   Thomas Grewal, from the University of Sydney (Australia), and colleagues have identified that LDL cholesterol controls the trafficking of tiny vessels which also contain integrins – molecules that are thought to help cancer cells to metastasize.  Observing that high amounts of ‘bad’ cholesterol seem to help the integrins in cancer cells to move and spread, the researchers also found that high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol, kept integrins inside cells and may therefore protect against cancer cell spread.

Link Between Cholesterol & Cancer

Observing that  malignant cancer cells are known to take up increased amounts of ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol,” the study authors submit that: “fine-tuning of cholesterol levels at the [trans-Golgi network recycling endosomes] … may play a regulatory role in cell migration and invasion.”

Cholesterol is one of the most important molecules in your body. Often vilified by mainstream medical doctors and the media, cholesterol serves many functions including: cell membrane integrity and function; production of vitamin D; digestion (it is a large component of bile); the precursor to hormones such as testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol.

Cholesterol is so important that every animal and every fish make it as well. Why do eggs contain cholesterol? Try forming a chicken without it!

I have written extensively on cholesterol, that is why I dedicated the first chapter of my book, “The Paleo Cardiologist” to this subject. As a cardiologist, I have listened to the anti-cholesterol rhetoric from medical doctors and the media for years. This is all Big Pharma propaganda to sell us drugs. These drugs lower cholesterol down, but do very little, if anything, for outcomes that matter such as heart attacks, stroke, and dying.