Avoid smoking

There are numerous ways in which smoking raises the risk of heart disease. One of them is changing the way the body uses cholesterol. You can consider quitting smoking for good and living a healthy, smoke-free life.

Smokers' immune systems are unable to transfer liver-bound cholesterol back to the blood from the vessel walls. Instead of nicotine, tobacco tar is responsible for this harm. Smokers' clogged arteries may form more quickly due to these dysfunctional immune cells. A dangerous chemical substance called acrolein found in cigarettes can enter the bloodstream through the lungs. According to researchers, it affects how HDL transports cholesterol in the body, causing LDL levels to rise and perhaps triggering the development of heart disease. If you can, try to stop smoking to help reverse these negative effects.