How Hypothyroidism Is Connected To High Cholesterol

By George Chavez

You probably haven't thought about stress and cholesterol being related. Most people don' and that includes a lot of doctors. But the truth is that both of these things are highly related. It should not be a surprise since thyroid problems mean that our body cannot process cholesterol correctly so it lead to heightened levels of cholesterol. And what is one of the big by-products of thyroid problems- Stress! So yes the two are very intertwined.
Cholesterol has gotten a bad rap. Drug companies help make you believe that cholesterol is bad and a thing to be eliminated. Doctors unwittingly join in this refrain from time to time. However, medical science knows that humans vitally need cholesterol to survive. Cholesterol is used by the body to manufacture protective hormones such as progesterone, DHEA and testosterone to protect the body. Without these hormones looking out for us we would all fall prey to disease and infection.
Here is how your thyroid and cholesterol are intertwined in your body's health. Your body needs something called active T3 thyroid hormone to use cholesterol properly and now we know that cholesterol helps produce other very protective hormones. So if your thyroid is not working well to make T3 then your cholesterol cannot make the protective hormones your body needs. Also since your body is not using cholesterol the amount of cholesterol you have continues to rise. This puts you in a vicious downhill spiral and you wonder why you never have any energy and are generally are in poor health.
Just because two things tend to show up together like high cholesterol and heart disease does not mean that one thing causes the other. In this case, high cholesterol is a symptom of heart disease, something that tells us we should look out for heart problems. However, high cholesterol is not an actual cause of heart disease. So why do we instantly prescribe cholesterol lowering drugs. That is actually a different conversation for another day. The point here is that we want to start attacking the actual causes of our afflictions. Hypothyroidism is actually the cause of heart disease. When our thyroid does not work correctly we are stressed, we don't produce T3, cholesterol cannot make protective hormones and our health degenerates rapidly. Left over and extra cholesterol is a by product of all of this. It is not the cause. You have to get back to why aren't we making T3. The answer to that is our thyroid is not working properly. If this were a detective mystery it would be case closed. unfortunately, we are frequently left running in circles trying to get to the real underlying health problem.
Since cholesterol lowering drugs have been portrayed as the saviors for heart disease you might like to know some of the side effects attached with these drugs:

• Fatigue and Low Energy
• Loss of Libido
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Excessive Muscle Wasting
• Inability to Handle Stress
• Fatigue and Low Energy
• Weight Gain
• Osteoporosis
• Breast Cancer
• Depression

Statins are another name for cholesterol lowering drugs and they are associated with a number of serious conditions:

• Progressive Muscle Disease
• Diabetes
• Liver Damage
• Digestive Problems
• Immunological Disorders
• Memory Loss
• Lou Gehrig's Disease

One thing that no one tells you is that if your cholesterol levels get too low yo have an increased risk of dying from cancer and suicide. This is just one more reason to seriously consider taking this type of cholesterol lowering therapy. Try to work with your doctor to address the underlying came of your heart disease and don't just find symptoms. You could end up running from one drug to another to try and stay ahead of the game.
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