**Is there a concern about reducing cholesterol too much?**

When asked, my doctor told me that **"there is no such thing as too low"** when it comes to either LDL or total cholesterol. While I believe this about the former, **I am skeptical** of the latter claim as I have read some sources online that disagree with this. Google searches result in many articles stating that low cholesterol is thought to possibly cause problems, especially to the brain in the form of memory loss and depression. These sources don't have a lot of numbers, though, so I don't know how low is "too low" in this regard.

In particular, I am interested in whether one can over-compensate using statin medication and lifestyle changes to a point where they swing the numbers too far in the other direction.

### I'd like to know if there is something like "too low cholesterol" and if that might be a potential danger to consider.