Low Cholesterol Associated with Impaired Brain Function
From Memory Key
Data from 789 men and 1,105 women from the Framingham Heart Study has found that those who had the lowest total cholesterol performed significantly more poorly on tests of similarities, word fluency, and attention/concentration than patients with higher cholesterol levels. Those in the lowest total cholesterol group (a level of under 200) were 49% more likely to perform poorly and 80% more likely to perform very poorly than were participants in the highest total cholesterol group (240 to 380). The finding should not be taken as a warning against those with high cholesterol taking medication to lower it; the study applies to those with naturally low cholesterol levels, and previous studies have shown that both high and low cholesterol have led to poor cognitive performance.
The study findings were published in the journal
Comments
June 19th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Very interesting. I stopped eating meat a couple of years ago. I found myself having some cognitive difficulties; headache and diffculties handling complex issues. Any complicated though process beacme more difficult with the complexity of the subject. I could think of one thing but when I tried to compare it to something else I found it a struggle in addition to the pain. Not having the resources to consult an MD, I simply began eating meat again because I knew from my experience working with epileptic kids that fat intake had a large effect on the frequency and severity of seizures. I felt much better after only a day or two.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I’m really pleased with this article because I like eating red meat and need all the brain functionality I can muster – but isn’t this a kinda narrow take on high cholesterol. All I’ve read indicates that it needs to be within certain limits?
Rgds
Matt
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December 19th, 2007 at 3:35 am
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