I didn't realize how big a deal low cholesterol was until after reading this newsletter. I think it might be the root of the issues I have with focus and fatigue, since apparently low cholesterol causes excessive brain excitation and cholesterol levels are directly correlated with the ability of the mitochondria to produce ATP.
My cholesterol is at 120 with only a very small amount of thyroid supplementation, so it's not exogenous thyroid that's making it drop so low. The lower end of normal is 160 and Peat recommends at least 180-200.
I know Peat says fructose increases cholesterol, but basically all of my daily carbs already come from sucrose, so it's not possible for me to increase fructose any further.
The only other thing he mentions in the newsletter as a cause of declining cholesterol synthesis with age is excess cortisol relative to thyroid, but I already do all I can to lower cortisol (high sugar intake, occasional pregnenolone and progesterone supplementation, occasional red light exposure, regular vitamin A/D/E/K intake).
Is there any other way to raise cholesterol?
Since I have several symptoms of hypothyroidism, I'm certain the issue is that the cholesterol is not actually getting synthesized, and not that my thyroid is working so well that it's converting all the cholesterol into hormones extremely efficiently.
I already saw a physician about this and he told me I should be "proud of my healthy heart" and basically ignored all of the things I told him about the negative effects of low cholesterol. So that was no help at all.
My cholesterol is at 120 with only a very small amount of thyroid supplementation, so it's not exogenous thyroid that's making it drop so low. The lower end of normal is 160 and Peat recommends at least 180-200.
I know Peat says fructose increases cholesterol, but basically all of my daily carbs already come from sucrose, so it's not possible for me to increase fructose any further.
The only other thing he mentions in the newsletter as a cause of declining cholesterol synthesis with age is excess cortisol relative to thyroid, but I already do all I can to lower cortisol (high sugar intake, occasional pregnenolone and progesterone supplementation, occasional red light exposure, regular vitamin A/D/E/K intake).
Is there any other way to raise cholesterol?
Since I have several symptoms of hypothyroidism, I'm certain the issue is that the cholesterol is not actually getting synthesized, and not that my thyroid is working so well that it's converting all the cholesterol into hormones extremely efficiently.
I already saw a physician about this and he told me I should be "proud of my healthy heart" and basically ignored all of the things I told him about the negative effects of low cholesterol. So that was no help at all.
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