“A.G.E.S. Fall Conference” on BrightU: Rethinking cholesterol as the body’s emergency responder, not the arsonist On Day 8 of “A.G.E.S. Fall Conference Docuseries,” Dr. Bryan Ardis reframed arterial plaque as a healing “scab,” with LDL cholesterol acting as a repair substance for arterial injuries caused by factors like poor diet. He argued that the root cause of heart disease is not cholesterol itself but the arterial damage from inflammation and oxidative stress. Critics of the cholesterol hypothesis point to studies, like those by Lande and Sperry or Mathur et al., showing a poor correlation between serum cholesterol levels and atherosclerosis severity. The…

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