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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 [...]

“Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency” – Resistance to Trauma/Stress/Shock

Jan 15, 2012 // by Team FPS // arachidonic acid, death, EFA, EFAD, endotoxin, essential fatty acids, General, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, polyunsaturated, PUFA, saturated fat, septic, shock, trauma, unsaturated // Comments Off

Adv Shock Res. 1981;6:93-105. Essential fatty acid deficient rats: a new model for evaluating arachidonate metabolism in shock. Cook JA, Wise WC, Knapp DR, Halushka PV. Essential fatty acid deficient (EFAD) rats are significantly more resistant to the lethal effects of S. enteritidis endotoxin (20 mg/kg, IV) than normal control rats. Compared to endotoxin-treated normal [...]