Levels of cholesterol in the membranes of hair cells in the inner ear can affect your hearing according to an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. There are two types of sensory hair cells in the inner ear called the inner and outer hair cells. It is the outer hair cells that are affected by cholesterol levels and produce the inaudible sounds in the ear canal.
SOURCE: Baylor College of Medicine
Having totally misinterpreted the possibilities here, and with a loss of hearing after too many Christmas presents with “noises” for the kids, I did my best to improve my hearing by increasing the cholesterol levels in my ears. Side effects.
1) I don’t like the smell of day old french fries hanging out of my ears
2) As a result of shoving fries in my ears my hearing got worse
3) Why are people looking at me?
A 30 minute walk, five days a week, with a 3-minute sprint in the middle in the walk, you can virtually double the cardiovascular benefit of one’s health program.
Intriguingly, that’s what I’ve started to do when walking my dog. I walk for half an hour, do a 400m dash and then walk the rest of the way home, 5 or 6 days a week, interspersed with major bouts of excessively stressful work and binge drinking, works for me