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Cholesterol

High cholesterol is a major health risk for heart attack and stroke. Why? Cholesterol is the fat that floats around in your blood. It can accumulate in your arteries and clog them. Think of your sink at home. If you continuously poured oil and fat into it, the sink would eventually clog. The same thing can happen in the arteries in your body except that the end result is a heart attack or stroke as opposed to a call to RotoRooter.

Here's some of the latest Kaiser information on Cholesterol

Here's some information on Building Healthy Meals

Work with me to develop an Action Plan for High Cholesterol

 


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