Podcast hosts say lowering LDL may also reduce Alzheimer’s risk

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"There's also strong associations between certain types of lipoproteins and an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. And even though that's only like a strong association with one type of this like lipoprotein cholesterol package, it does look like lowering total amounts of LDL cholesterol can also lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease, right?"

Co-host Erin Welsh says some research links particular cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins with higher Alzheimer’s risk, and argues that lowering LDL cholesterol may reduce that risk. She frames the evidence as associative and says mechanisms are not fully understood.