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To: Blood of Tyrants

My mother had her first heart attack at 28.

All four of my Grandparents died of heart disease.

I am totally free of heart disease at 46. I have a Cardiologist I see 4 times a year; I have a full lipid scan done 2 times per year.

Why? Diet Exercise and moderation.

Resting Heart rate = 37. BP 85/50

Heredity is no excuse.

6 posted on 07/02/2009 6:59:32 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)

To: Mikey_1962

I am totally free of heart disease at 46. I have a Cardiologist I see 4 times a year; I have a full lipid scan done 2 times per year.

That borders on obsessive. Hope you are not in my insurance pool.

9 posted on 07/02/2009 7:31:54 PM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)

To: Mikey_1962

Heredity is somewhat of an excuse.

There is a family in Italy, actually, a town or area, where there is zero heart disease.

Zero.

After they were tested, it wasn’t found to be diet or exercise or any other behavior. It is in their genes.

IIRC, they have the code for a special kind of APO-Lipoprotein. This is a kind of HDL.

It keeps their arteries clean as a whistle.

12 posted on 07/03/2009 5:45:34 PM PDT by djf (Go tell everybody its calm before the storm Can you hear the distant thunder baby....)

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