Purpose of Cholesterol
Cholesterol is not the enemy. It is a biological building block, a healing agent, and a powerful signal from the body. Contrary to mainstream medical narratives, elevated cholesterol is not a disease — it is a response. It increases when the body has a greater demand for repair, hormone production, or defense.
What Cholesterol Does
Elevated Cholesterol Means
Your body is asking for more of what cholesterol builds or protects: more hormone production, more cellular repair, more neurological support, more immune protection. In this sense, high cholesterol is a symptom of deeper need, not a cause of disease.
The Cholesterol Myth
Cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) are prescribed to artificially reduce levels, often without addressing the underlying need or cause. Statins may lower cholesterol numbers, but they do not resolve the reason why cholesterol was elevated in the first place.
Statin risks
Bottom Line
Cholesterol is purposeful. Elevated levels are the body’s signal of increased physiological demand. Suppressing that signal without understanding the need is short-sighted.
Recent Evidence
A large-scale study published in Scientific Reports analyzed approximately 1.2 million participants with 79,000 incident cancers, making it one of the largest studies examining this relationship. Higher total cholesterol was linked with reduced risk of liver cancer in both men (HR 0.42) and women (HR 0.32), as well as stomach cancer in men (HR 0.87) and lung cancer in men (HR 0.89). Overall cancer incidence decreased with rising total cholesterol in both men (HR 0.84 for ≥240 vs <160 mg/dL) and women (HR 0.91).
Another 2023 study from the UK Biobank found that lower levels of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, ApoA, and ApoB were associated with increased risk of plasma cell neoplasms during 14.2 years of follow-up. A 2024 mortality study on cancer patients showed that low LDL levels (≤57 mg/dL) corresponded to increased risk of all-cause death, with a U-shaped relationship between cholesterol levels and mortality.
Medical Review — All medical content on this website is reviewed by Dr. Mark Colafranceschi, D.C. — Last review: July 2026
Mark Colafranceschi, D.C. • Licensed Chiropractic Physician – Arizona License #8541 • Scottsdale, Arizona