Unfortunately they are, as they are part of heart disease, which today is the number one killer in North America.

The Western Diet is just too full of salt and fat and these are two of the most critical componenets in keeping our arteries, heart and brain healthy. The high salt in the diet, increases blood pressure and high blood pressure is heavily damaging to our arteries leaving them vulnerable to problems like bursting. As well too much fat in our arteries blocks them and this also has severe consequences for decreasing blood supply, whether to the heart or brain.

This is such an educational and interesting post. I actually did not know that strokes are that common.