ELI5 how exercise reduces cholesterol in arteries?

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ELI5 how exercise reduces cholesterol in arteries?

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  1. Jnoper Avatar

    Basically by pumping the blood harder and flushing it to the kidneys to be filtered. It’s the equivalent of using a pressure washer vs your sink.

  2. Randvek Avatar

    It doesn’t directly lower your LDL (bad cholesterol). Instead, exercise generally makes your body better at doing everything your body does, and one of the things the body does naturally is generate HDL (good cholesterol), and part of what that HDL does is clear out the LDL. So you’re not lowering your cholesterol immediately as much as making your body better at fighting it off.