Type 2 diabetes can be readily reversed, in most cases, by weight loss.
"Type 2 diabetes can now be understood as a state of excess fat in liver and pancreas, and remains reversible for at least 10 years in most individuals."
Cholesterol is so important for brain health that the brain has its own synthetic machinery for making it.
The brain is only 2% of body weight yet contains as much as 25% of the body's cholesterol.
Blood levels of total and LDL cholesterol are lower in Parkinson's disease patients.
Ferritin (iron) levels are higher.
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Some statins, those that are lipophilic, can penetrate the blood brain barrier.
The effects of these statins has been described as "pleiotropic", meaning they do lots of things; since they lower cholesterol, presumably many of these things are not good.