The Myth On Cholesterol

Learn Why You Don't Need Anti-Cholesterol Medicine - Ever



The subject on cholesterol is always brought up during meal time. "Oi, you are crazy to take 2 half boiled eggs every morning! Watch your cholesterol."

Let's understand what cholesterol is before we make a comment like this the next time.

Many people do not have clear understanding of what cholesterol is. By understanding what cholesterol is and how cholesterol forms in your body, you will be knowledgeable on what action to take. Read on to find out why our body does not need to take any cholesterol medicine ever.


The functions of cholesterol


Cholesterol is a natural 'clay' to fill the gaps of the cell membrane in our body. Cholesterol prevents the cell from losing water. This means that cholesterol is a natural design by the body to prevent cell dehydration.


Simply put, when a person is not consuming enough water, the body's self defence mechanism will produce more cholesterol to prevent the osmotic force of the blood from drawing water out through the cell membranes.


Higher blood cholesterol is surely a sign that you are not drinking enough water. It's a sign of dehydration in your body. And that's right, the body produces cholesterol!


So when you go for a medical check up and the doctor says you have high blood cholesterol, you may protest saying "How is that possible? I control my diet and don't take any food with cholesterol." You have to know that your body produces its own cholesterol when it can't get enough from the diet.


We need cholesterol in the body as explained above, to prevent water loss from the cells. Cholesterol is also needed to make up bile acids that digest food in the intestine. Another function is to allow the body to make Vitamin D and hormones such as estrogen in women and testosterone in men.


How high blood cholesterol is formed


During food digestion, water is needed in the stomach for proteins to break and separate into the basic composition of their amino acids. More water is needed in the intestine to process food ingredients before sending it to the liver.


Inside the liver, the food ingredients are further processed by specialized cells. These materials are then passed as 'resupplied and composition adjusted blood' to the right side of the heart. In the liver, water is also needed to process these materials.


The blood from the right side of the heart will then be pumped into the lungs for oxygenation. In the lungs, the process of aeration of the blood further dehydrates the body. When you breathe out, water is lost by the process of evaporation of water.


So, you see, the body loses a lot of water in this process.


The blood from the lungs are now highly concentrated. The blood is now passed to the left side of your heart and pumped into the arterial circulation. The blood pumped into circulation will meet with cells in the heart and brain first. These cells facing the highly osmotically concentrated blood need to put up a defence to protect themselves. This is when cholesterol is formed to protect the walls of the cells. Cholesterol prevents the cells from losing water into the bloodstream. And also the osmotically concentrated blood will damage the cells if they are not protected.


The cure for cholesterol


When you feel a stomach discomfort while eating, it is usually dyspeptic pain. The cause is just simply lack of consuming water half an hour before your meals. However, when a person feel pain while eating or after a meal, we give the person antacid. We give anti-histamine. This is wrong. We should give the person water. Antacid and anti-histamine* only tricked the brain and relief the symptoms (as in the practice of most modern medicine - to only treat the symptoms). The root cause is not cured.


The cure for cholesterol is simple. You just need to know that in the process of digestion of food, water is the most essential ingredient. We need to be properly hydrated by drinking water before we eat food. This will prevent high cholesterol build up in the blood vessels. Adding sufficient fruit and vegetable in your diet to get rich enzymes to aid your food digestion will also work great in reducing high blood cholesterol.


Exercise will also help you to maintain the activity of the hormone sensitive fat burning enzyme (hormone sensitive lipase) and help clear away the excess lipid deposits in the arteries.


Read more from this book, Your Body's Many Cries For Water, to understand exactly what action you can take to reduce your cholesterol.


*Histamine is produced in the body to regulate water distribution to cells and organs needing water. It is a drought management system in the body. Consuming anti-histamine blocks this neurotransmitter histamine and tells the brain that the stomach is not in pain. The sign of pain is the way the stomach communicates via histamine to the brain informing water is needed in the food digestion process. It tells the brain to consume more water. Anti-histamine negates this signal and cause further damage to your body.