Benefits of High Cholesterol

It has been statistically proved that people with a high cholesterol level have a long life. The above statement is very difficult to believe. One is not able to digest this. It is also absolutely tough for one to accept this. But it is true and one would realize it on proper explanation that one who has a high cholesterol level is the ones who have the longest life span. Dr. Harlan Krumholz has discovered that old people with high cholesterol level live longer than ones with a low level of cholesterol. There are also researchers who do not accept this fact and who do not follow this. They are of the opinion that people with high cholesterol levels have a greater chance of a cardiac problem than the ones with a low cholesterol level.

Studies have also proved that aged people with a high level of cholesterol are not at a danger for a cardiac disease. Statistics have also proved once again that there are fewer deaths among people who have a high cholesterol level. High cholesterol level cannot be a cause for deaths.

One would notice that approximately 90% of the cardiac diseases are observed among people over the age of 60 yrs. Women with a high cholesterol level are not at a danger for a cardiac arrest. Only 5 % of the population with high cholesterol levels dies of cardiac arrests.

It has been proved that people with a high level of cholesterol are better off than people with a low cholesterol level. That means the death rate is not directly proportional to the LDL or total cholesterol level.

Prevention against Infections:
It has been discovered that people with a low level of cholesterol are more prone to infections. They experience digestion and stomach problems and also disease of the respiratory track etc.

There are more mortality rates for people with low cholesterol level.

Many diseases related to the stomach, alimentary canal as well as respiratory organs is very infectious. So we are actually confused whether is because you have low cholesterol that you are attracting infection, or whether the infection causes low cholesterol. One would ponder over this question. To bring things to light, Professor Jacobs and his associates tested about 100000 fit people for close to 15 yrs. Results were as follows. It was found out that people with low cholesterol level had high level of infections and were hospitalized as compared to people with high cholesterol level. It was further proved that these infections had resulted in a low cholesterol level and people with high cholesterol level were not infected. There is also enough proof to justify this analysis.