Preventing Heart Disease

By Dr. Matthew Watson

Preventing Heart Disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Like most illness, it is strongly related to diet and

lifestyle and is highly preventable.

Everybody knows that cholesterol is related to heart disease, but the connection is complex. While high

cholesterol increases heart disease risk in younger people, many people who die from it have normal cholesterol, and many with high cholesterol don't get heart disease. Cholesterol can deposit on artery walls to cause blockage, but in order for this to occur, there needs to be inflammation of the artery wall and the cholesterol must be oxidized.

Lowering cholesterol may reduce coronary risk in younger people. Most doctors don't know that in people 65 and older high cholesterol is correlated with increased lifespan and that low cholesterol in the

elderly is associated with risk of death.

Doctors are increasingly relying on a group of prescription drugs called statins to lower cholesterol, but they commonly cause many side effects including muscle pain and weakness, neuropathy, impaired Read more...



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