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Does sugar cause blood clots/plaque in the blood? if it does, by lowering sugar habit(eating a lot of sugar) will the blood thin?
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Yes≈Complex! & No.: Sugar intake ↓es large HDL particles (µmol/l)+is converted by liver into triglyceride fat for storage {↑es LDL (nmol/l) & body fat stores}. Other than low LDL particle numbers results in LDL particles entering artery walls, attracts monocytes/macrophages to eat/clear the LDL particles & without enough functioning HDL to unload the wbcs, they die & is called plaque. Plaque rupture induces clots.
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