Matala kolesteroli ja itsemurha

What's the Cholesterol-Depression Link?

There is strong scientific evidence indicating that low cholesterol and suicide, particularly violent suicide, are linked. The vast majority of studies linking low cholesterol to depression, suicide, and violence looked at the serum cholesterol level. But what about the amount of cholesterol in the brain?

Canadian researchers were the first to examine this question in their 2007 study published in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. The researchers measured and compared the cholesterol content in various parts of the brains of forty-one men who had committed suicide and twenty-one men who had died of other, sudden causes that had no direct impact on the brain. The results were intriguing: When the suicides were categorized as violent or nonviolent, those who had committed violent suicide were found to have less cholesterol than the others in the gray matter of their brains. This was seen specifically in the frontal cortex, a part of the brain that handles "executive functions," including processes involved in planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information. The frontal cortex essentially controls the ability to make good decisions.

Conclusion

There is a growing amount of research looking at the use of essential fatty acids, particularly omega-3's in psychiatry, but we often overlook cholesterol. Low levels of cholesterol and essential fatty acids are intimately linked to depression. Understanding the consequences of deficiencies in essential fats and cholesterol is important for the effective treatment of depression. Whether it is drug induced, genetic, or a result of dietary patterns, low cholesterol impairs optimal brain function and often prevents successful recovery from chronic depression.

Niin mites se menikään,,,kolesterooli on ihmiskunnan tuhoaja ja statiinit pelastaja =D

En ihmettele yhtään.

Kolesteroli on testosteronin esiaste. Kai sitä on iloisempi elämä kun on miehenä "elinvoimainen".

Onhan esim matala verensokeri syynä moniin pikaistuksissa tehtyihin väkivalta ym rikoksiin... tuo on aivan mahdollista. Väkisin lääkkeillä alennettu vain hieman koholla ollut kolesteroli tuntuu ajatuksena oudolta. Lääketehtaat puhuvat...

Vanhetessa kolesteroli nousee yleensä ja ainakin naisille se on hyväksi.

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Niin mites se menikään,,,kolesterooli on ihmiskunnan tuhoaja ja statiinit pelastaja =D

Kolesterolia on montaa sorttia.