Cholesterol

Cholesterol: Friend, Not Foe – The Truth About Inflammation and Health

Liz James · February 20, 2025 ·

Seriously… If we’ve learned anything over the last few years, it’s that whatever is villainized is likely something that is good for you. Cholesterol is one of those things. (Cholesterol is not the problem….. INFLAMMATION is the problem). We suffer when cholesterol is too low….. every cell in our body needs cholesterol…. our brain needs cholesterol (people who have low cholesterol are the ones that ultimately tend to end up in dementia units) …. our sex hormones need cholesterol. You’ve heard me talk about this sooooo many times.

This is a new one for me tho: Cholesterol may be helpful in boosting cancer fighting abilities? I’m not surprised by this (especially in light of how every cell needs cholesterol to function well).

This doesn’t mean you should run out and eat junk food. Remember sugar and processed foods are inflammatory, as are seed oils (which the restaurant industry unfortunately loves to use).

Eat like God intended us to eat….. whole foods!

xoxo~ liz

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Fireside Chat Heart Health with Young Living

Liz James · April 30, 2023 ·

Well well well….. that 1 pm call was very interesting. The 8 pm call will be more of the same but with different stories and different speakers.

I love learning from other people’s stories!

Some of the topics that were already covered at the noon call:

Emotional source of HBP issue and complimentary oil solutions story

A heart arrhythmia story and what worked for them

A congestive heart disease story and what worked for them

A panic attack (which can feel like a heart attack) and what worked for them

The truth about Cholesterol (it’s not the villain) and Inflammation

Heart Vitaflex Points

A physiological blood pressure problem and what worked for them (two separate stories).

Oils for Reynaud’s

Oils and Supplements for Neuropathy

I’m curious about what tidbits the 8 pm CST call will hold for us!

Be informed so you can be the best CEO of your own body and also help those you love.

Remember: There’s a time and a place for medication (I lean towards emergent care as an example of this), but by and large, medication has consequences…… medication adverse events (whether that be in combo with other meds or a stand-alone event.. it’s all in the same grouping) are the #3 cause of death in the USA. It used to be listed as such….. now that sneaky CDC has it listed as “unintentional injuries” so as to avoid calling out the role Big Pharma plays in deaths (soooo sneaky

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These calls are NOT recorded.

1:00 pm CT and again at 8:00 pm CT

If you are currently a member of Young Living and would like to attend this evening’s call, please PM me.

If you aren’t yet a member of YL, but would like to be included in calls like this in the future, please PM me.

xoxo~ liz

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Trans Fatty Acids

Liz James · August 23, 2022 ·

Fantastic book/chapter on Trans Fatty Acid (Nutrition and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases) ….. otherwise known as the vegetable oil most fast foods are cooked with.

I’m only able to include the link for the teaser without getting into trouble for posting “paid for” material. Nonetheless, there are nuggets just in the teaser.

Trans Fatty Acids are consistently associated with coronary heart disease, as well as sudden death.

Other things TFA’s are good at?

raising triglycerides (one of the reasons triglycerides are often thought of as the “tattletale” on a lipid panel… it is a marker (usually) of the junk someone is consuming.

lowering HDL while raising LDL ( what we think of as “good” vs “bad” cholesterol)

raising lipoprotein(a): the worst type of LDL that increases risk for blood clots

promoting generalized body inflammation

promoting insulin resistance (which leads to diabetes)

visceral fat (no amount of working out to compensate for diet will get rid of this so you can eat junk and still have 6pack abs)

heart arrythmias

Why are they even allowed in the food industry?

Good question! Follow the money. They are cheap, and increase shelf stability of products, making something “stay fresh (ha!)” longer.

You can read what is free to read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/neuros…/trans-fatty-acid

Know better. Do better. Be better.

Take care of that temple….. it’s the only one we’ve got!

xoxo

~ liz

The Good Egg

Liz James · June 3, 2022 ·

Eggs… they do a body good! Healthy hens produce healthy eggs that are rich in cholesterol. Yep. Cholesterol gets a bad rap… we must have cholesterol in our lives in order to function properly. Every cell requires it. 50% of our brain is cholesterol. Our nerves couldn’t function well if it’s in deficit. Our hormones wouldn’t exist if we didn’t have it.

There are maaaaany health issues that result when the body is deprived of cholesterol, but make no mistake, there’s a big difference in quality of cholesterol when you use junk sources (ie processed foods) versus healthy sources (ie walnuts, avocados, grass fed butter and meats). The body most certainly can tell the difference!

Get to know your egg source. Free range matters as does the quality of feed the hens are given. Non soy, non GMO, corn free, and free of the same unhealthy oils that are found in processed foods. We are what we eat, and the same can be said of hens