Hmmm. My great grandmother died of a stroke at 53. She was slim. My grandmother survived a heart attack around the same age, not so slim. My mother barely survived a massive heart attack at 51, she was in between their sizes. I’m 41 and getting nervous. I’m also slimmer than any of them. What I don’t do, however, is follow any of the modern nutritional guidelines. I eat plenty of fat, though little from corn or soy. Butter, olive and coconut oil. We drink whole milk and little processed food.
I’ve heard cholesterol is what your body uses to try to heal hardened arteries. Maybe it’s not the fat cells in heavy people that offer recovery but the fact that they eat more cholesterol?
Several years ago I heard a Doctor on the radio who made a convincing argument that cholesterol was not the villain in heart attacks, but inflammation was.