As with all health and diet issues, when assessing risk and determining trade-offs, it’s best to look at the whole picture, rather than just one narrow piece. For example, consider the risk of contaminated raw milk. In the event that something bad happens, the resulting conditions should be quickly diagnosable and readily curable with antibiotics. However, the same is not true for the more serious conditions that raw milk may help you avoid, such as heart disease or immune system dysfunction.
[[MORE]]This is similar to the “too much sun” argument and Vitamin D. While it’s true that staying out of the sun will reduce your risk of certain skin cancers, those cancers tend to be among the most treatable and survivable. However, the lower level of Vit D from staying out of the sun also increases your risk of getting the more serious cancers, which are not very curable.
The total cholesterol argument is also similar: you may avoid heart disease with low total cholesterol, but your average lifespan is also likely to be decreased (more death from cancer and other diseases).
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