Most people and even physicians will have the knee-jerk response that the plaque found in the coronary and carotid arteries is filled with cholesterol.

We now understand that cholesterol is laid down as a Band-Aid to repair damaged blood vessels. Contrary to what many people have been led to believe, cholesterol is not the villain. We have been chasing the wrong suspect! Cholesterol is like the ambulance at the scene of an accident. Consistently being present, it gets blamed for the accident occurring.

The real culprit leading to damage to blood vessels are the environmental pollutants that we silently soak up from the time we are first conceived until the day we die.

Pathologists have proven that at the core of arterial plaque are pesticides, plasticizers, heavy metals, volatile organic hydrocarbons and the many other pollutants that we are all unavoidably exposed to every day.

In fact, thousands of researchers have proven that environmental pollutants may be at the root of every disease from high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancers, Alzheimer’s, lipidemia, heart attacks, arthritis, to glandular failures, colitis, depression, bizarre neurologic and auto-immune diseases, and much more.

If you are suffering with a chronic health issue that has been resistant to conventional medicine treatment you should seriously consider consulting with an Integrative Medicine practitioner and have your toxic environmental load evaluated.