Low LDL Cholesterol Increases Depression Risk in Elderly Men

A French study¹ of 1040 women and 752 men, age 65 and older, evaluated their cholesterol levels in the context of who developed clinical depression over a 7-year period.  Men with the lower levels of LDL had double the risk of developing clinical depression.  Women with lower levels of HDL Cholesterol High-density lipoprotein that is one of five lipoproteins that enable cholesterol and triglycerides to be transported within the bloodstream to the liver and to the adrenals, ovaries, or testes for the production of steroid hormones. had a 50% increased risk of developing depression.

Low LDL cholesterol Low-density lipoprotein. It is a group of lipids and proteins that allow lipids like cholesterol, triglycerides, and fat soluble nutrients (Vitamin A, D, E , K, Q 10, carotenes) to be transported with the water-based bloodstream. has long been linked to depression at any age.  Science over the past few years has proven that an adverse side effect of statin Class of drugs aka HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that are used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the HMG-CoA reductase enzyme that plays a central role in liver function and cholesterol production. medications is damaging the nerve receptors, which need cholesterol, so that nerve transmission is impaired.

The reckless use of statin Class of drugs aka HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that are used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the HMG-CoA reductase enzyme that plays a central role in liver function and cholesterol production. medications in our society is not justifiable, yet it is perpetuated by a 20-billion-dollar per year juggernaut. 

Men and women need to improve their cholesterol function and numbers by restoring actual health to these systems.  Using drugs can change numbers but it does not improve overall health.  This latest study is one more piece of evidence that simply lowering LDL cholesterol Low-density lipoprotein. It is a group of lipids and proteins that allow lipids like cholesterol, triglycerides, and fat soluble nutrients (Vitamin A, D, E , K, Q 10, carotenes) to be transported with the water-based bloodstream. can by extremely damaging to health.