Young woman with slightly high cholesterol...to worry or not worry?

We cannot stress this enough about cholesterol and heart disease. Unfortunately this woman at the young age of 39 had 99% blockage in one of her heart vessels. She states that she did not think much of it in her 20s when she was found to have slightly high cholesterol in the mid-200s.

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says that over the years, it's become clear to most American women that heart disease is nothing to ignore. It's the leading cause of death of women in the United States...For middle-aged women, 40 to 60, high cholesterol is the single most important risk factor for heart disease and heart attacks

You are not too young to worry about heart disease. Get your cholesterol checked today.

Young woman with slightly high cholesterol...to worry or not worry?