Excessively low cholesterol is also harmful.
Experts from Boston University came to an unexpected conclusion. It turns out that low levels of cholesterol in the blood has a negative effect on intellectual abilities.
The study involved 789 men and 1105 women. Respondents were offered a set of tests, which determined their mental abilities. Primarily academics interested in the subjects ability to concentrate and solve logic tasks.
While conducting the experiment, participants were taking blood samples, which were determined the contents of different forms of cholesterol.
After processing the data obtained, the researchers found that people with the lowest possible content of cholesterol in blood also differ lower intellectual abilities compared to participants with high cholesterol. The difference was 49%. This statement is primarily concerned concentration, the ability of people to solve problems on a matching, memorize large sequences of words.
Thus, experts believe that, the less cholesterol is found in human blood, the more problems it occurs when memorizing information.
