Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer Study

With the increase in cancer in people throughout the years many are looking for new ways to help prevent cancer. One new way that researchers are looking at is how low cholesterol may help prevent cancer. These new developments help to rid previous fears that low cholesterol actually increased ones’ chance of developing cancer.

Studies done over an 18 year time period involving thousands of Finnish men showed that the link between lower cholesterol levels and cancers were not connected as previously thought.

Researchers and doctors once believed that cholesterol levels and the development of prostate cancer were linked together when in actuality the level of cholesterol in men had no serious effect on whether or not they developed the cancer.

“Our study affirms that lower total cholesterol may be caused by undiagnosed cancer,” Dr. Demetrius Albanes, a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, said in a statement.

“In terms of a public health message, we found that higher levels of ‘good’ cholesterol seem to be protective for all cancers,” he said.

With such new studies, patients now even have more reasons to watch their cholesterol and ensure that it stays at the proper levels. Besides lowering the risk for heart disease now we can add reducing the risk of cancer to these lists as well. For those with higher cholesterol you can get help lowering it by altering certain aspects of your diet, starting an exercise routine and talking with your doctor about medications that aid in lowering cholesterol levels.