I know several individuals who have had high cholesterol levels throughout their life without any blocked arteries well into their seventies. Then there are individuals such as myself who have had high cholesterol and had issues at a young age!
Elevated Lp(a), LDL along with low HDL all play a part but those elevated levels are sticking to the artery wall for a reason. I believe it is caused from the wall itself becoming "inflamed". This in my case could have resulted from high glycemic diet, elevated blood pressure and stress! This could answer why some individuals with elevated levels do not have issues while someone with low levels of cholesterol does; Inflammation!
A vegetarian diet, exercise, yoga have all proven to reduce inflammation in your body. Has anyone ever thought why blockages occur mostly in the heart and not over the entire body? It is not always the cholesterol, if so then blockages would be everywhere. But they mostly manifest in the heart where there is more pressure put on the "inflamed" arteries and then the cholesterol enters in as a repair mechanism. Unfortunately that repair when levels are high causes build up which eventually leads to a blockage. Check out the Spectrum program on the Dr. Ornish site. It seems to provide the answer for alleviating the inflammation problem!
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