You’ve probably heard about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol and how it’s very important to have a lot of the good and little of the bad.

A new research indicates, however, that the good cholesterol can strangely and suddenly change into bad… and weirdly, you can actually blame it on your car.

Researchers at 2 universities- University of Washington and UCLA- worked together recently to look at the effects of environmental toxins on cholesterol.

[adrotate group=”5″]Using mice, the scientists looked at what the poisonous gasses in automobile emissions would do to cholesterol levels.

What they found was that not only did LDL levels increase, but the reason for it was because the toxins wore away HDL’s ability to remove bad cholesterol from the body.

And if that wasn’t enough, they also discovered that in addition to not doing the bad cholesterol crime-fighting, HDL actually ‘turned to the dark side’ and worked in tandem with LDL to ramp up inflammation and atherosclerosis, or hardening of arteries.

It also increased oxidation of the cells, compounding the inflammation problems already created.

But getting rid of car pollution can be complicated, especially if you live in an area with a lot of smog where you’d be exposed even if you walk or ride a bike. So the solution must lie in our joined effort to reduce overall pollution in the world.

Of course, there are many other ways to protect your HDL levels while driving down LDL. Check out the exact step-by-step plan I used to get my cholesterol level under control in less than 30 days…

Or discover how 3 easy exercises drop blood pressure below 120/80 as soon as today…

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