High PUFA to Saturated Fat Ratio Increase All-Cause Mortality

Jul 5, 2012 // by Team FPS // General, longevity, mortality, PUFA, saturated fats // Comments Off

Exp Gerontol. 2005 Apr;40(4):335-43. Unsaturated fatty acids intake and all-causes mortality: a 8.5-year follow-up of the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Solfrizzi V, D’Introno A, Colacicco AM, Capurso C, Palasciano R, Capurso S, Torres F, Capurso A, Panza F. Recent evidence suggested a protective role of dietary monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids [...]

The Truth about Low Cholesterol

Apr 23, 2012 // by Team FPS // cancer, cholesterol, depression, elderly, endotoxin, General, HDL, injury, Ischaemic heart disease, LDL, lipopolysaccharide, mortality, statins, stroke, suicide, trauma, Truth about Low Cholesterol, violence // Comments Off

Lancet. 2001 Aug 4;358(9279):351-5. Cholesterol and all-cause mortality in elderly people from the Honolulu Heart Program: a cohort study. Schatz IJ, Masaki K, Yano K, Chen R, Rodriguez BL, Curb JD. BACKGROUND: A generally held belief is that cholesterol concentrations should be kept low to lessen the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, studies of the [...]

Low Blood Cholesterol Compromises Immune Function

Sep 22, 2011 // by Team FPS // cholesterol, endotoxin, functionalps, General, HDL, immunity, LDL, lipopolysaccharides, lipoprotein, LPS, mortality, statins, Tuberculosis // Comments Off

by Barry Groves http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/immunity3.html There is a substantial amount of evidence that relatively low cholesterol levels in apparently healthy individuals is associated with increased subsequent mortality from cancer. It is also associated with other, non-heart related deaths. A group at the Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, tested whether the effectiveness of their [...]