Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2667

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Publication type: media release

Masterjohn C.
Myth: Cholesterol Causes Alzheimer's Disease Part I: Debunking the Myth
: cholesterol-and-health.com 2005 Oct 18
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Alzheimers.html

Notes:

Ralph Faggotter’s Comments:
What a tangled neurofibrillary web of myths there are around cholesterol!
This article helps to untangle some of the mess.

Full text:

Part I: Debunking the Myth

Myth: Cholesterol Causes Alzheimer’s Disease Part I: Debunking the Myth

by Chris Masterjohn
Published August 1, 2005

Cholesterol is widely blamed for causing Alzheimer’s disease. Yet little is known about the relationship between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s, and one hypothesis, described below, is that cholesterol protects the brain from Alzheimer’s.

It is unsurprising that, when one of the most booming industries is the sale of cholesterol-lowering drugs, just about every disease under the sun would be pinned to cholesterol. The more diseases blamed on cholesterol, the more profits generated by the sale of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

But is it true that cholesterol causes Alzheimer’s disease?

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