How can a diet high in fats lead to heart disease?

A diet high in fat can lead to the formation of atheroma plaques with in blood vessels. These plaques make the walls of vessels rougher which increases the likelyhood of a clot forming. If a clot moves to, or forms in, a vessel supplying blood to cardiac muscle it may block blood flow. This means that stops the muscle from getting oxygen and so it starts to die. This is a myocardial infarction or heart attack. The plaques also weaken the walls of blood vessels making aneurisms more likely.

Answered by Ellen M. Biology tutor

2375 Views

See similar Biology A Level tutors

Related Biology A Level answers

All answers ▸

What are competitive and non-competitve inhibitors?


What is sex linkage?


Explain how sucrose is transported from the phloem to the sieve tube element. (5)


Describe how reduced NADP and ATP is produced during the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis.


We're here to help

contact us iconContact usWhatsapp logoMessage us on Whatsapptelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo
Cookie Preferences