Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we eat could

actually harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull

out nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just

maybe we should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and

you're listening to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm going to tell you that

nutrition matters. We could choose a diet proven to not only prevent and

treat but reverse our number one killer heart disease along with other deadly

diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't

make that choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present you

with results of the latest and peer-reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand.

cholesterol is a vital component of ourselves which is why our body makes all

that we need. For most Americans eating a conventional diet cholesterol

latent plaque accumulates inside the coronary arteries that feed our heart

muscle. This plaque buildup known as atherosclerosis is the hardening of the

arteries by pockets of cholesterol rich fatty material that builds up beneath

the inner linings of our blood vessels. This process seems to occur over

decades slowly bulging into the space inside the arteries now ring the path

for blood to flow. So knowing that what would happen if you randomized

babies add birth to a lifetime of low cholesterol levels nature did it for us.

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