Low cholesterol can RAISE risk of stroke

[sandybrown]

Low cholesterol can RAISE risk of stroke: LDL levels below 50 linked to 170% greater risk of fatal vessel ruptures

The American Heart Association recommends keeping your 'bad' cholesterol low to prevent heart disease

But new Penn State research suggests that there is such a thing as too low

An LDL below 100 is considered 'good' and linked to a lower risk of ischemic stroke

But the new study found those who have cholesterol levels below 50 are at 159 percent greater risk of less common but more deadly ischemic stroke .

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[namaha Administrator]

👍And now , don't worry if you eat saturated fat based diet- LCHF, you can never get your LDL below 50.

your TC, HDL , LDL all will go up but TG will definitely come down !

[gangadharan_nair]

Please see the web pages for more about hypolipidemia.

Links:-

merckmanuals.com/profession...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypol...

[rnpath]

in practice it is very rare to come across cholesterol levels below 100 except as a lab error and in prolonged total starving. any average indian diet even without egg will keep it above 100.

[sandybrown in reply to rnpath]

I was on statin my chalstrol came down to 2.8 mmol/l, it could have gone down more,

(100 mg/dl = 2.586 mmol/l), it could not go down because I stopped medication of side effect!!!!