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Lightbulb your liver...

has a built in set point for cholesterol synthesis. I think that people's bodies
overcome the attempts to control cholesterol. The statins are sooooo strong
that they overcome or poison the feedback IMO. But milder attempts and
dietary attempts, seem to just work briefly until the internal setpoint revvs up
the synthesis in the liver.

Cholesterol is vital for life. So it makes sense that body would have ways to
overcome lowering attempts. This is why focusing on cholesterol is rather futile for trying to improve cardiovascular health. The FDA just rejected some new drug applications that lower cholesterol, because they now want MORE than that effect. The drugs we have now, mostly on generic lower cholesterol well enough.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BUMM10DPKD.DTL

Remember statins damage mitochondria. Once those are dead, they don't come back. As we age, we need them more than ever!
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