--- title: "2 David Perlmutter, M.D Quotes" description: "David Perlmutter, M.D has 2 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-david-perlmutter-m-d-98515.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David Perlmutter, M.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-david-perlmutter-m-d-98515.jpg) # David Perlmutter, M.D **2** quotes in **8** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by David Perlmutter, M.D > [“Nothing could be further from the truth than the myth that if we lower our cholesterol levels we might have a greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perlmutter-m-d/nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truth-than-the-myth-that-if-we/) David Perlmutter, M.D [Cholesterol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cholesterol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truth_2067653.jpg) > [“One recent study performed by the American Medical Association and published in the \_Archives of Internal Medicine\_ in January 2012 demonstrated an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perlmutter-m-d/one-recent-study-performed-by-the-american-medical-association-and/) David Perlmutter, M.D [Cholesterol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cholesterol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_one-recent-study-performed-by-the-americ_2313760.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/#itemlist", "name": "David Perlmutter, M.D Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nothing could be further from the truth than the myth that if we lower our cholesterol levels we might have a greater chance of living longer and healthier lives. In a recent report appearing in the prestigious medical journal the _Lancet_, researchers from the Netherlands studied 724 elderly individuals whose average age was eighty-nine years and followed them for ten years. What they found was truly extraordinary. During the study, 642 participants died. Each thirty-nine-point increase in total cholesterol corresponded to a 15 percent decrease in mortality risk. In the study, there was absolutely no difference in the risk of dying from coronary artery disease between the high- versus low-cholesterol groups, which is incredible when you consider the number of elderly folks who are taking powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs. Other common causes of death in the elderly were found to be dramatically associated with lower cholesterol. The authors reported: 'Mortality from cancer and infection was significantly lower among the participants in the highest total cholesterol category than in the other categories, which largely explains the lower all-cause mortality in this category.' In other words, people with the highest total cholesterol were less likely to die from cancer and infections -- common fatal illnesses in older folks -- than those with the lowest cholesterol levels. In fact, when you compare the lowest- and highest-cholesterol groups, the risk of dying during the study was reduced by a breathtaking 48 percent in those who had the highest cholesterol. 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This study involved big numbers -- more than one hundred sixty thousand postmenopausal women -- making it hard to ignore its significance and gravity. Recognizing that type 2 diabetes is a powerful risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, a relationship between statin drugs and cognitive decline or cognitive dysfunction is certainly understandable. ~ David Perlmutter, M.D., _Grain Brain_”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Perlmutter, M.D" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-perlmutter-m-d/one-recent-study-performed-by-the-american-medical-association-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_one-recent-study-performed-by-the-americ_2313760.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_one-recent-study-performed-by-the-americ_2313760.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_one-recent-study-performed-by-the-americ_2313760.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One recent study performed by the American Medical Association and published in the _Archives of Internal…” — David Perlmutter, M.D", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/#person", "name": "David Perlmutter, M.D", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-david-perlmutter-m-d-98515.jpg" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/", "name": "David Perlmutter, M.D", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-perlmutter-m-d/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/david-perlmutter-m-d-98515_cholesterol_nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truth_2067653.jpg" }, "description": "David Perlmutter, M.D has 2 quotes on SMS4Smile. 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