"BAD" CHOLESTEROL IS GOOD FOR BIG MUSCLES?
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 2:02PM The more LDL (Low-Density Lipoproteins), or “bad cholesterol,” you have, the more muscle you build during resistance training, according to a new study.
After fairly vigorous workouts, adults who were in generally good health, but not normally physically active, gained the most muscle mass but also had the highest levels of the “bad” cholesterol aka LDL.
“It shows that you do need a certain amount of LDL to gain more muscle mass,” says Steve Riechman, assistant professor of health and kinesiology at Texas A&M University. “There’s no doubt you need both, the LDL and the HDL, and the truth is, it (cholesterol) is all good. You simply can’t remove all the “bad” cholesterol from your body without serious problems occurring.”
LDL is almost always referred to as the bad cholesterol because it tends to build up in the walls of arteries, causing a slowing of the blood flow which often leads to heart disease and heart attacks. HDL, usually called the good cholesterol, often helps remove cholesterol from arteries.
“But here is where people tend to get things wrong,” Riechman says. “LDL serves a very useful purpose. It acts as a warning sign that something is wrong and it signals the body to these warning signs. It does its job the way it is supposed to.
“People often say, ‘I want to get rid of all my bad (LDL) cholesterol,’ but the fact is, if you did so, you would die. Everyone needs a certain amount of both LDL and HDL in their bodies. We need to change this idea of LDL always being the evil thing7mdash;we all need it, and we need it to do its job.”
Full article can be found here:
http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/ldl-doesn%E2%80%99t-deserve-black-hat-moniker/
Have we been programmed to think that bad cholesterol is bad because the Pharmaceutical companies want to sell you more drugs?
Food for thought.