Crystallization of cholesterol may be what causes atherosclerotic plaque rupture, the trigger for heart attacks.

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Isn't that extraordinary? Makes you really not want to be building up cholesterol in your arteries. I have a feeling given the powerful visual, that this might be a good one to share with those in your life with heart disease in hopes that they might reconsider eating artery-clogging diets.

Arterial Acne (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/arterial-acne/) is the inflamed pockets of pus video I mentioned is here: Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/blocking-the-first-step-of-heart-disease/) involves keeping our LDL cholesterol low by decreasing our intake of Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/trans-fat-saturated-fat-and-cholesterol-tolerable-upper-intake-of-zero/). Switching from red meat to white won’t do it: Switching From Beef to Chicken and Fish May Not Lower Cholesterol (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Switching-from-Beef-to-Chicken-Fish-May-Not-Lower-Cholesterol).

Does it matter if LDL cholesterol in our blood is small and dense or large and fluffy? See Does Cholesterol Size Matter? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Does-Cholesterol-Size-Matter)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-crystals-may-tear-though-our-artery-lining and he'll try to answer it!

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