{"id":202,"date":"2017-05-24T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T08:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.170\/~allyouc4\/?p=202"},"modified":"2019-06-24T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:12:57","slug":"cholesterol-protects-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allyoucaneat.org.uk\/wp\/cholesterol-protects-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you need cholesterol for your mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 id=\"2a95\" class=\"graf graf--h4 graf-after--h3 graf--subtitle\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--h4-strong\">And how it could even save your\u00a0life<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p id=\"cef3\" class=\"graf graf--p graf--hasDropCapModel graf--hasDropCap graf-after--figure\"><strong><span class=\"graf-dropCap\">Thi<\/span><\/strong><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">nk cholesterol, and you probably think heart disease. But without this fat-like substance, you wouldn\u2019t be able to think about anything much at all. 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