It's why about 50% of people who die after a heart attack have “normal” cholesterol levels.
Foods from pasture-fed animals and plant-based, mostly green foods and grown organically are high in omega-3 oils that are anti-inflammatory, he says. “But you can eat the healthiest diet and still die from heart attack or stroke,” says Motara. Diet is “indirectly damaging”, says Kendrick. If you are insulin resistant, for example, and eat carbohydrates, your blood sugar rises and this damages arterial walls. “That’s how diabetes causes CVD,” he says.But at heart, Kendrick’s remedies for reducing arterial damage don’t differ much from Motara’s on reducing inflammation.UK consultant cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra has the last word on the guidelines and LDL-cholesterol.