heart disease and stroke.
This is one example of something that
sounds right (eating cholesterol = higher
cholesterol levels), but isn’t factually
accurate.Blood-cholesterol and lipoprotein levels
are controlled by far more powerful factors
than the cholesterol in your diet. In fact, the
vast majority of your blood cholesterol is
produced by your own body: depending on
your health and diet, your liver makes three to
ten times more cholesterol than the amount
that comes from your food. So what would
make your body produce abnormally high
amounts of cholesterol?
Overcarbsumption and systemic
inflammation, that’s what.
When, as a result of dietary and lifestyle
factors, we create systemic inflammation in
the body, the liver is forced to pump out more