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Exactly!! It's inflammation that can make the cholesterol so dangerous. Those with autoimmune disease are at extremely high risk, so even moderately high cholesterol can be problematic.
The rub here is that ANY cholesterol, even low levels, will be used to patch inflammation damage. Because cholesterol is ubiquitous, it is always around.

So if you reach the arbritrary levels set by the drug companies, you can still have enough cholesterol to patch the inflammation.
They don't tell you this, but it happens.

This link explains the data very well.
http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/20...#axzz1nqQVXCDF

Also some provocative links to consider at the end of the
article.

edit: I just found this link on our PD forum, and it is about stress and inflammation:
http://www.sciencenewsdigital.org/sc...25/?pg=11#pg11
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