Why is it we worry so much about cholesterol?
The professor has been hard at work trying to research this…
Does cholesterol cause heart attacks?
It says here cholesterol is produced by our bodies.
So how can it be that something we make naturally leads to heart attacks?
Heart attacks are the number one reason
why both men and women die,
this crosses all boundaries of race and ethnicity
In the United States,
someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds
and every minute someone dies of a heart related event.
Heart attacks kill more people than ALL forms of cancer combined.
Heart attacks are very common.
Unfortunately, this fact goes largely unnoticed by the public.
This looks like a real crisis.
We will activate the Doctablet Time machine
and travel to a time when there was hardly any heart attacks
to see if we can find answers that can explain
what is happening to the human race!
Humans evolved in nature.
Our bodies are designed to be active all day
and our digestive system was created to accept foods
we gather directly from nature.
To help understand this better,
the Doctablet professor will activate his
HEALTH RAY VISION!!
Look there!
The people are young
They have clear lungs!,
No pollution in the air, no cigarettes to smoke!
Health ray vision shows his good cholesterol is high
and his bad cholesterol is low
His blood pressure is completely normal, he eats no salt!
His diet is rich in fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts!
He exercises everyday, and his muscles are strong!
His chances of having a heart attack are very low
Now lets go back to the lab and travel to a time
when heart attacks are VERY common!
THE MODERN ERA!
Modern human beings behave in a very different way
than what we were designed to; Modern human beings behave in a very different way
than what we were designed to;
most of us don’t exercise, eat poorly,
and many people smoke
“UFF", our professor can barely fly here
because there so much pollution!!
Let's ACTIVATE HEALTH RAY VISION
This man is older
Health ray vision shows his good cholesterol is low
and his bad cholesterol is very high
HE IS SMOKING!!
His diet is very poor in fruits and vegetables and rich in sugar
He does not exercise at all!
He sits all day and barely walks!
His chances of having a heart attack are very high!!
Now lets get back to the office and put all this together!
After that adventure, it is all making sense to the Professor
1) Cholesterol is made by the body!
2) Like our Modern man, a poor diet and too little exercise
makes cholesterol go up.
3) If you have an unhealthy lifestyle and have high cholesterol,
your chance of having a heart attack goes up over time.
The more pieces of the pie you have
the more your should protect yourself by treating your cholesterol.
As you age, the chance of you have of having a heart attack rises.
Age is the most important part of your risk
Stopping cigarettes can cut your chances of dying by half.
AVOID diabetes if your doctor has told you that you have pre-diabetes
or make sure you are TREATING it if you have it already
High blood pressure
gives you a higher risk of having a heart attack,
treating it lowers this chance.
Lowering your cholesterol offers you a way
to treat your total risk of a heart attack.
Use the professors experience
to understand the importance of cholesterol in your body.
As you age, your risk is of having a heart attack is expected to climb.
Manage this risk by controlling your blood pressure and diabetes,
stopping cigarets
and treating your cholesterol