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Every organ in your body that utilizes LDL can synthesize it de novo. Some of the heaviest users, like your brain, literally can't get it from your serum LDL le
by cthalupa 11mo ago
Every organ in your body that utilizes LDL can synthesize it de novo. Some of the heaviest users, like your brain, literally can't get it from your serum LDL levels - they do not pass the blood brain barrier. It is all synthesized locally.
PKCS9 inhibitors and mendelian randomization studies show that people function just fine with <10 LDL-C. (Other comments I have made in here have links to all the relevant studies)
Googling for statin and aggression links I find a fairly small set of studies with fairly disparate outcomes.
- hinkley 11mo agoI believe there was a time they thought statins were causing mood disturbances, but I was talking about unmedicated individuals with naturally low serum levels.