Scandinavian researchers analyzed thousands of stroke cases and found that in 35% of cases, a sudden drop in cholesterol was responsible for death. Cholesterol in the blood acts similarly to oil in a car, functioning as a lubricant. It's true that if there's too much lubricant, there's less room for other substances (oxygen, nutrients, fats). Additionally, cholesterol is essential in our bodies for cell construction and growth, bile production, and certain hormones. However, our bodies are capable of producing enough cholesterol on their own without needing dietary additions.

To better understand cholesterol's significance for the pharmaceutical and food industries, an attempt was made in the U.S. in 2010 to estimate the value of the entire industry involved in this story. Although no official data is available, pharmaceutical companies alone make 40 billion dollars from it.

Thus, the fear of high cholesterol is very profitable, while the overuse of medications and artificially inhibiting cholesterol production processes can be life-threatening.

The aforementioned study also showed that if the whole world stopped taking anti-cholesterol medications today, there would be a third fewer fatal strokes and about 10% more due to high cholesterol.

Does this mean that one in five dies due to taking medications?

But that's not all.

If the body lacks cholesterol, cells don’t have enough material for renewal. Cells that don’t renew begin to die off, which we refer to as cancer. The statistics here are also unforgiving. In 1981, the acceptable cholesterol level was approximately 30% higher than it is today. Of course, it's in the pharmaceutical companies' interest to increase the number of people who fall into the group needing treatment, yet they overlook the fact that about 60% of cancer patients don’t have issues with high cholesterol.