Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

Why your normal cholesterol won't save you from a heart attack

29 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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A UCLA study of 130,000 heart-attack patients found nearly 70% had normal cholesterol levels. This suggests cholesterol isn't the whole story. The real culprit is chronic inflammation, which doctors often overlook.

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So there has been an entire bandwagon on anti— like lower cholesterol. And, uh, like there was a study done in UCLA where they— it was more than 130,000 patients who got heart attack, and they found that almost 70% of them had like kind of, you know, cholesterol which is so-called in the normal levels. So I always tell people that it is not about cholesterol and statins, it is just one piece of the puzzle. What we are missing is about chronic inflammation