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« on: August 27, 2008, 09:45:24 PM »
Has the link between high cholesterol and heart disease ever been proven?
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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2008, 08:26:42 PM »
HI  well yes and no
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2008, 07:19:38 PM »
Absolutely. The study that did so is one of the most famous in modern medicine. It's used as an example for designing large scale studies in the population and the results have been repeated various times.

The basic of it is that high cholesterol leads to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries. This narrows the arteries - if it's i the tiny ones that feed the heart this can be dangerous. In addition, these plaques can rupture and throw blood clots causing a stroke if they get into the brain, but more often they get caught in the tiny arteries that feed the heart - this is a heart attack. The combination of these two factors are essentially the only cause of heart disease wide spread in the population.
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2008, 04:55:12 AM »
Yes. The link is through arterial disease. The higher your cholesterol level, the more fat is deposited in your arteries, leading to a narrowing of the arteries, which leads to constantly elevated blood pressure, which overworks the heart, which leads to heart disease. The other pathway is this: high cholesterol leads to unstable blockages, some of which break off which then cause heart attacks.

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