Cholesterol and high carbohydrate diet are interdependent in terms of heavy intake of carbohydrates boosting the increase of blood cholesterol in the body. The cholesterol from animal products is not only responsible for the rise of high cholesterol amount, but also high calories diet plays its part.Research has shown that carbohydrate results in the formation of sugar in the body and the sugar triggers the growth of triglycerides and stores them in the fat cells. High level of this triglycerides increases cardiovascular disease. The blood cholesterol, having triglycerides, damages the arteries and supports fast coagulation of the lipids in the blood vessels. Clogged arteries may result in high risk of cardiac arrest or stroke.
This metabolism of carbohydrates mingles with the cholesterol mechanism. The triglycerides then play their part in increasing the body weight and lowering the capacities of the body to excrete the extra amount of fat. The cholesterol absorption in the blood increases and the deposition of the plague goes on increasing day by day. The mechanism by which the body suffers due to increase of carbohydrate diet is as follows:
The cholesterol is carried by the proteins in the form of lipoproteins. There are two forms of lipoproteins- HDL and LDL. The LDL is considered as the bad cholesterol that deposits the lipids on the walls of the arteries. The HDL is opposite to it. The HDL carries back the fat particles to the liver, for excretion.Now, in normal state, the HDL level is less than the LDL level, but balanced in a way that no lipids get accumulated in the arteries. The triglycerides so formed reduce the HDL level and increase the LDL level. So, slowly the fats accumulate in the vessels carrying blood and disrupt the flow of adequate blood to the heart and other parts of the body. This, in turn, increases the vulnerability of heart attack or other cerebral disease. Therefore, be aware of the relationship between cholesterol and high carbohydrate diet before you go for high carbo diet.
