I myself had very low cholesterol levels most of my life always below 160 and several years ago started to develop symptoms of hormonal depletion including adrenal fatigue, insomnia and lack of energy. Once I started eating a diet that included ample supplies of good quality fats from raw butter and cream, eggs, raw milk and more meat my hormone levels normalized and my symptoms improved. I have many stories of clients who experienced similar benefits by adding in good quality fatty foods which the body could then convert into much needed cholesterol and its byproducts of hormones, cells and detoxification carriers.

The following health problems are some of the problems that one can experience from having too low levels of cholesterol:

• Anxiety and Depression. Duke University Psychologist Dr. Edward Suarez found that women whose cholesterol levels were below 160 mg/dl were more likely to score high on measures of depression and anxiety than women within the ranges of 180-200. Results were published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine.
  
• As cited previously the European Heart Journal published results confirming that people with low (below 160) cholesterol had a relative death risk 2.27 times more than their counterparts who had high cholesterol, with Cancer being the most common cause of death.
  
• Lower cholesterol in the elderly increase their risk of death according to Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, M.D. who was quoted in the Lancet Medical Journal as saying, "Our data accord with previous findings of increased mortality in elderly people with low serum cholesterol and show that long term persistence of low cholesterol concentration actually increases the risk of death".
  
• Hormonal dysfunction in both men and women. I have see many of my clients resolve their hormonal problem whether it be PMS or Menopause symptoms for Women to energy, blood sugar or testosterone issues for men.

By James Jordan, J.D., C.N.C.