High Cholesterol After Menopause?

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This is the hidden reason behind increased cholesterol levels after menopause.

DATA:
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/chol_tlc.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16222621/
https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_state_cholesterol.htm
https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Encyclopedia/Heart-Encyclopedia_UCM_445084_ContentIndex.jsp?title=cholesterol%20ratio
https://framinghamheartstudy.org/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/making-sense-of-cholesterol-tests

Timestamps
0:00 High Cholesterol After Menopause?
0:16 Why the body makes most of your cholesterol
0:45 Why does menopause increase cholesterol?
1:36 The two types of cholesterol simplified
2:50 Key takeaways
3:25 How to bulletproof your immune system

In this video, we’re going to talk about cholesterol, menopause, and aging. In particular, I want to cover why many women experience high cholesterol after menopause.

As you age, your cholesterol level often increases. Typically, men have higher cholesterol than women. However, women going through menopause often experience a significant spike in cholesterol too.

Keep in mind that your body makes most (75-80%) of your cholesterol. Cholesterol is required to make bile, build cell membranes, maintain healthy vitamin D levels, and create hormones.

Why do women going through menopause experience increased cholesterol?

You can think of cholesterol as a bandaid that helps bandage up lesions and inflammatory damage to your arteries.

Estrogen acts as an antioxidant, which helps protect the arteries from damage. Since estrogen decreases when a woman experiences menopause, this also means increased arterial inflammation.

LDL and HDL are proteins that transport cholesterol in and out of the liver. LDL is considered bad cholesterol. LDL transports cholesterol from the liver to your cells. HDL transports cholesterol back to the liver from the cell for recycling. As long as this exchange continues to happen, everything is fine.

If you are getting older or going through menopause, you need to make sure you are eating a clean diet with no carbs/sugar and plenty of antioxidant-rich vegetables. This will help keep cholesterol from causing damage to the arteries.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Thanks for watching. I hope this helped explain the cause of high cholesterol after menopause. I’ll see you in the next video.