Ray Peat: Cholesterol, longevity, intelligence, and health

Thyroid, oxidized lipids, diet trials

1. Oxidized lipids in the diet accelerate the development of fatty streaks in cholesterol-fed rabbitsArterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol · 1996 · PMID 8624775
2. Oxidized lipids in the diet are a source of oxidized lipid in chylomicrons of human serumArterioscler Thromb · 1994 · PMID 7981177
3. Effect of cholesterol-rich diets with and without added vitamins E and C on the severity of atherosclerosis in rabbitsAm J Clin Nutr · 1997 · PMID 9356544
4. Dehydroepiandrosterone feeding prevents aortic fatty streak formation and cholesterol accumulation in cholesterol-fed rabbitArteriosclerosis · 1989 · PMID 2522296

Structural cholesterol, mitosis, intelligence

1. Cholesterol is essential for mitosis progression and its deficiency induces polyploid cell formationExp Cell Res · 2004 · PMID 15383319
2. Cholesterol protects the phospholipid bilayer from oxidative damageFree Radic Biol Med · 1995 · PMID 7590402 · cited in Alzheimer's: The problem of Alzheimer's disease as a clue to immortality — part 2
3. Serum cholesterol and cognitive performance in the Framingham Heart StudyPsychosom Med · 2005 · PMID 15673620
4. Effects of lovastatin on cognitive function and psychological well-beingAm J Med · 2000 · PMID 10806282
5. Memory-enhancing effects in male mice of pregnenolone and steroids metabolically derived from itProc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 1992 · PMID 1531874
6. Cholesterol as risk factor for mortality in elderly womenLancet · 1989 · PMID 2564950

Mitochondria, radiation, neurosteroids

1. Cholesterol impairs the adenine nucleotide translocator-mediated mitochondrial permeability transition through altered membrane fluidityJ Biol Chem · 2003 · PMID 12821666
2. Inhibition of cholesterol production but not of nonsterol isoprenoid products induces neuronal cell deathJ Neurochem · 1999 · PMID 10349836
3. Novel brain function: biosynthesis and actions of neurosteroids in neuronsNeurosci Res · 2000 · PMID 10771104

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