Steroidogenesis starts with cholesterol. The body increases its cholesterol prod...

		tcj_phx on Jan 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that... Steroidogenesis starts with cholesterol. The body increases its cholesterol production in the hopes of getting more steroids. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/St... Medicine’s misunderstanding of cholesterol is one of those mistakes which became very profitable for the pharmaceutical industry.