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 Dear Reader,
I don't know about you, but for all of my adult life I've been taught that cholesterol is divided into two distinct categories: the good (HDL) and the bad (LDL).
But now, after years of all of us struggling to bring down levels of LDL (and many people turning to risky patent medications to do so), one researcher has dared to step forward to say LDL isn't necessarily the villain it's been made out to be.
This could be big news — particularly for people who are concerned about losing muscle mass as they get older.
A US study at Texas A&M University, published in the Journal of Gerontology, brings an entirely new angle to the way we look at cholesterol.
The participants in the study were 52 adults aged 60 to 69. All of them were in pretty good health but weren't very active. As part of the study, the participants engaged in vigorous workouts.
After those workouts, the researchers found something surprising — the people who gained the most muscle mass also had the highest levels of "bad" cholesterol. The researchers concluded that you need some LDL to gain muscle, and that there really isn't any such thing as "bad" cholesterol.
The lead researcher explained that LDL, given a bad rap for building up in the arteries and slowing down blood flow, plays an important role in the body. LDL gives warning signals that something in the body is wrong, and the lead researcher points out that the answer is to find out what's wrong — smoking? diet? lack of exercise?
Instead, though, we see high LDL and think "drugs!" But, to recall one of Dr. Wright's favourite sayings, do you really know anyone with a statin deficiency?
Our body tissues need cholesterol, which is delivered by LDL. And the more LDL in your blood, the better your body's ability to build muscle.
This could be particularly helpful in counteracting sarcopenia, the loss of muscle that comes with aging. After hitting the big 4-0, muscle declines at a rate of 5 per cent every ten years.
In people over 60, 65 per cent of men, and 30 per cent of women, have moderate to severe sarcopenia. In the US, more than $18 billion is spent on health care as a result.
So if you're looking to build muscle, you may want to think about your cholesterol levels — and what LDL can do for you.
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Q: If you are allergic to antibiotics, what else could you use that would help heal naturally?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: There are a few different options you can try. First, there's the old standby you probably remember from your grandmother's medicine cabinet: iodine. In this case, I mean the actual orange-brown liquid — but SSKI, the potassium iodide blend I often recommend, will work too.
If you don't want to use iodine, you might want to try a topical colloidal silver gel. Silver is still used as a topical germ-killer in many hospitals. Check your local natural health food store to see if they carry one.
If not, there are two more options. Raw honey applied directly to wounds keeps them from getting infected. Make sure it's raw honey though — not the processed kind in the supermarket. Your natural health food store should carry it. And finally, there's refined sugar. Applying it directly to a wound to help prevent infection might actually be table sugar's only beneficial use, but it does work if you can't find any of the other items listed above.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own doctor before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
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Sources:
"'Bad' Cholesterol Not as Bad as People Think, Study Shows," Science Daily (sciencedaily.com)
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