Did you know that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of all Americans? In fact, someone dies from CVD every 38 seconds! Heart disease also kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. And congenital cardiovascular defects are the most common cause of infant death from birth defects.
These are some pretty powerful reasons to do something about working to prevent heart disease i guess. Unfortunately, its not really very effective to list these reasons out to people. Most people think it cannot happen to them, or think that they are really healthy because they eat healthy or go to the gym. The fact is, sometimes, you can be at risk and not even know it.
Which brings us to today. As most of you are aware, I am a pretty healthy guy. I do not smoke, I eat healthy, low fat meals. I go to the gym, maybe not as regularly as I should, but i do go. Imagine my surprise when at a recent physical I was diagnosed with high cholesterol. Then a year later when I discovered my cholesterol had actually gone up to borderline high.
