Thanks Lagoda, well put! I would like to amend something though.
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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
Doctors would have you believe that clogged arteries are due to cholesterol. Wrong: it is due to the cholesterol composition.They would also have you believe that it is due to eating animal products. A half-truth: it is due to eating animal products who are raised eating foods that we ourselves shouldn't eat.
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From what I've read, it isn't what the animals eat, or animal products specifically. It's the combination between a high sugar diet and a diet heavy in animal products that produces inflammation in artery walls. Either one on its own is fairly harmless, but together they cause inflammation and cholesterol is the body's way of repairing damage.
I don't support the carbonated beverage industries because of this. I see them as almost as bad as tobacco companies. A can of Coke contains about 10 teaspoons of simple, processed sugars, and a can of Monster contains almost 20 teaspoons of sugar.