For many years, we’ve heard that cholesterol should be kept below 200. We’ve had it preached to us by well meaning physicians who are still locked in the throes of trying to understand health in the Standard American Diet (SAD).
But, according to the Framingham Heart Study*, a generations long project to identify risks for heart disease, the target should be 150 mg/dL. This study found that NO DEATHS from coronary heart disease were found at levels of 150 and below. If you’re doing the math on that, it is roughly 0%!
Generations of study. Thousands of people. 0% coronary heart disease at 150 mg and below. Sounds like a plan to me!!
Esselstyn, CB. In cholesterol lowering, moderation kills. Cleve Clin J Med. 200; 67(8): 560-4