Cholesterol is found in large amounts in brain tissue where it is needed for normal brain function. Research has
shown that cholesterol in eggs is helpful to older people whose memory is declining
Cholesterol often elevates as part of a protective immune system response to chronic infection.
Cholesterol is vital for proper nerve function. Three quarters of the myelin membrane is made from fat and of that
nearly one quarter is cholesterol.
9. Vitamin D is made from cholesterol in the skin.
10. Cholesterol is converted into bile salts in the liver which are needed to break down and emulsify fats.
11. Cholesterol is needed in large amounts in the skin where it is vital for skin health and strength.
12. Although lowering serum cholesterol does seem to decrease deaths from heart disease, it “does not, in the least,
improve overall mortality rates. People who achieved the lowest cholesterol levels – 160 units or less – had unexpectedly higher rates of death from other causes, such as liver cancer, stroke, lung disease, alcoholism and suicide.