Never have a heart attack
You've heard about cholesterol, right? Who hasn't, in these fat-phobic, health obsessed times. But a nodding acquaintance with the c-word won't do; you need to know all about it to keep your heart ticking right. Doctors tell you that there's a strong connection between heart disease and high cholesterol.
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There is no doubt that lipid abnormalities contribute to the maximum number of heart attacks in our country and high cholesterol is a major player, states Dr J P S Sawhney, chief clinical cardiologist at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Research confirms this.
A study published in the Journal of Cell Science, September 2007, states: researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine found that cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis a condition that greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by suppressing the activity of a key protein that protects the heart and blood vessels.
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