If people with unhealthy cholesterol levels ever needed more incentive to get it under control, new research out of University of Rochester Medical Centre have just given it to them.
Researchers have long suspected that cholesterol and cancer are linked because the evidence linking the two has been so abundant.
However, until recently, the genetic evidence exhibits had not been offered. Researchers have now seen the evidence, confirming their suspicions…unhealthy cholesterol buildup in the body can actually cause cancer.
A gene in cells called ABCA1 is critical in the health of cells within the organs of the body. When it functions normally, it triggers the destruction of cancer cells that are naturally present in humans.
When this gene is inhibited in some way, the trigger to stop the growth of cancer cells never gets activated.
When there is too much cholesterol in the body, either from food sources or the body’s own production of it, the excess hides inside cell membranes. In many cases, the buildup, say within arterial walls, can lead to plaque.
However, it also leads to the destruction of the ABCA1 gene within cells. This excess cholesterol eliminates the body’s natural ability to stop cancer cell growth.
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So are we talking oxidized Cholesterol here? After all plaque is a build up of calcium and oxidized cholesterol.
Jonathan – the study doesn’t proof exactly if it’s having high cholesterol in general or plaque buildup (which as you stated is often caused by oxidization and inflammation). This could also not be cause and effect dynamic but more of an indicator of overall health dynamic. For example people with high cholesterol often have high blood pressure and other health issues as well.
I can’t help but wonder if leaky gut is not in the picture they are painting.
Most physicians don’t even acknowledge that what we ingest can cause many problems that mimic various diseases.
Not sure i believe any “research” coming out of this University. They were involved in the collusion of dishonest research findings that foisted the fluoride hoax on all americans…causing illnesses of all sorts ever since….all for money. Cholesterol is a necessary LIFE-SAVING compound. If it is in the blood stream, it is because the body is manufacturing and transporting it to areas of the body that NEED it (like the brain and spinal cord for myelin, or for producing hormones). The cholesterol theory fraud rates up there with all the other lies(such as they “don’t know” what causes cancer while actually creating it in healthy lab animals, or the vaccine farce that actually weakens the immune system and triggers autoimmune and neurological disorders) yet mainstream pharmaceutical medicine perpetrates and perpetuates to make money and keep us sick til the day we die. Wonder who paid them how much to come up with these erroneous findings?