The Poison In Our Food
 
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Coronary Heart Disease

The cause of CHD (Coronary Heart Disease) is due to a build up cholesterol in the arteries. Cholesterol is carried through the blood by LDL’s (low-density-lipoproteins). So the more LDL’s you have in your blood stream, the higher your chances are of obtaining CHD. Likewise HDL's prevent CHD, because they carry cholesterol away from the heart to the liver, where the cholesterol is then disposed of.
 
 
Figure 11: The Hero (HDL) vs. The Villian (LDL). Who's side are you on?
 

Figure 12: Plaque caused by cholesterol buildup effects blood flow and therefore causes CHD

How is this linked to fats you may ask? Well, both saturated fat and trans fat increase the amount of LDL’s that are in the bloodstream; and this LDL in the bloodsteam is what causes the buildup of plaque deposits in the arteries via increased cholesterol. But the primary reason why trans fat is worse than saturated fat, or any other fats, is because trans fat not only does it increase the LDL's in the bloodstream, but it decreases the amount of HDL's in the bloodstream. HDL's are responsible for moving cholesterol from your heart to your liver, or more simply, removing cholesterol from the bloodstream. Thus, the amount of cholesterol in the body increases and the body then also lacks the ability to remove this cholesterol. This leaves any trans fat consuming individual in a major dilemma.

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