A cholesterol-rich diet causes postprandial hyperlipaemia with an accumulation of chylomicrons. This accumulation leads to a redistribution of the very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), thereby determining the elimination of the coarsest particles, the residual chylomicrons, which promote the onset of atherogenesis [1]. For some years, cholesterol-rich food has been associated with the subsequent development of complications such as the formation of atheromatous plaque and lipid deposits at the ocular level. These findings have been reproduced in an experimental rabbit model [2,3], this animal being particularly sensitive to the induction of atheromatous lesions, which faithfully reproduce those caused in human atherosclerosis [4-6]
