Gut bacteria and Cholesterol

Some kinds of gut bacterias may be part of the link cholesterol has to heart disease. When you eat foods like red meat or eggs, those bacterias make a chemical that your liver turns into something called TMAO (trimethylamine-N-oxide). TMAO may help cholesterol build up in your blood vessels. Researchers are studying a natural substance called DMB that’s in olive and grapeseed oil. They think it might keep your bacterias from making TMAO.