Paul Saladino· MD
cholesterol is critical for the brain does that mean that we need to eat cholesterol no because most of the cholesterol in the brain all of the cholesterol in the brain is produced there via de novo cholesterol synthesis
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
cholesterol is critical for the brain does that mean that we need to eat cholesterol no because most of the cholesterol in the brain all of the cholesterol in the brain is produced there via de novo cholesterol synthesis
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we're going to let the brain make all the cholesterol it needs so we're going to really drive the enzymes that uh synthesize cholesterol in the brain so the brain needs cholesterol to make a long story short every cholesterol molecule that's in the brain got there by denovo synthesis
the brain is by far the most cholesterol carrying organ in the body the brain actually makes more cholesterol than any other organ per se way more than the liver even