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Speaker 0 argues that forty years ago a cholesterol level of 300 was perfectly fine, and suggests that it is perfectly fine today, contrasting this with the contemporary view that you can’t go above 190. He asks what happens if you go above 190, saying you’re told you’ve got to go on cholesterol-lowering medication. He lists alleged side effects of cholesterol-lowering medication: Alzheimer’s, dementia, muscle wasting, memory loss, and adds that a new one is breast issues because sex hormones are made from cholesterol.
He references the Framingham Heart Study, claiming it was a study put together "to prove that cholesterol causes heart disease." He asserts that even forty years later the study hasn’t proven that cholesterol causes heart disease, but claims it did show that people with high cholesterol levels don’t get Alzheimer’s. He explains his reasoning by stating that the brain is the fattiest organ in the body and loves fat as fuel, and that depriving the brain of fat is a disaster.
He then presents a scenario: if someone is on a fat-free diet while taking cholesterol-lowering medication, has a mouthful of mercury fillings because mercury damages the myelin sheath, and is also eating fish every day, that combination is, in his view, a recipe for brain destruction.
He concludes with a directive: if you are on cholesterol-lowering medication, you can stop immediately. He warns that there will be a side effect, namely that your memory will return. He ends with an exhortation to not simply believe what he says and to search it out.