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This is fascinating. Cholesterol has long be associated with depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm

• momszack 6y ago
  That associates statin use with depression, not cholesterol. That’s a huge difference. Those results (which are not an RCT) could easily be explained by those that are less depressed are more likely to seek any non-psychiatric outside medical treatment.
• m00x 6y ago
  First: cholesterols are a family of molecules, like alcohols, not just one thing. Second: statins inhibit cholesterols so while it is associated, it's good to mention that cholesterols are anti-depressive, which is something anyone with any university bio education will know.