To Live a Long Life, Keep Your Cholesterol High

It’s a paradox — one of many that challenge our beliefs.

Maria Cross
6 min readDec 19, 2021

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Cholesterol is a word that strikes fear into the heart. But does it also strike disease? Because here’s the curious thing: having a high cholesterol level is associated with living a longer life, especially if you have heart disease. Confused? Of course you are! Welcome to the cholesterol…

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Maria Cross

MSc. Registered nutritionist, specialising in gut and mental health. Subscribe to my newsletters on Substack: mariacross.substack.com