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Cholesterol is is not the problem. HDL and LDL differences not withstanding.

Cholesterol is used by the body to patch damaged arterial walls which can cause clogging if the there is excessive damage to the arteries.

The problem is high sugar levels in the blood by eating high sugar content foods and high glycemic index foods like highly processed carbohydrates which turn to sugar quickly raising blood suggar levels.

High sugar levels cause damage to the arterial walls and bodies response is to patch the damage.

https://www.adwdiabetes.com/articles/repeated-sugar-spikes-d...

Other issues interfere with the ability of lipids entering the wall properly in the repair process and cause the atherosclerosis exaserbated by ldl presence also caused by high sugar levels amongst others

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.f gov/1222702/

Unfortunately all these issues get conflated together to produce misunderstanding and alot of misunderstanding