Cell wall weakness from oxidation caused by heavy metals, sugar, Candida, smoking lets good stuff out, bad stuff in. That's a thumbnail sketch of this lengthy, technical paper that is well worth slogging through to see the real reason--not dietary cholesterol, etc.--why bad things happen to good people. As you blow through it, make notes of vital nutrients like: TAURINE, NIACIN, MAGNESIUM, BETA CAROTENE, ASCORBIC ACID. Leaky Cell is a basic health robber, and in this era of pollution from high oxidant gasoline, we are particularly under assault. God bless!