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Cholesterol, blood pressure and the arteries they wear out. Fix the inputs before the event.
Heart & circulation
The blood pressure plan
Measure it properly at home first. If you carry extra weight, losing it is the biggest lever. Cut processed-food salt, eat more potassium, cut alcohol and refined carbs, add wall sits, and get snoring checked for sleep apnea. Retest weekly at home and with your doctor at 3–6 months. If you take blood pressure medication, your doctor adjusts it.
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Heart & circulation
The cholesterol plan
For many people, a bad lipid panel is a metabolic problem first: high insulin pushes triglycerides up and HDL down. Cut sugar and refined carbs, eat in a window, fast 36 hours once a week, lift and walk, and retest at 4–6 months. If ApoB climbs or the numbers won’t move, take them to your doctor.
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Heart & circulation
The heart-attack risk plan
Most first heart attacks trace back to a short list: smoking, ApoB, blood pressure, blood sugar, belly fat, inactivity, stress, poor diet and alcohol. Find out where you stand, including ApoB and Lp(a), quit smoking, get fit, lower insulin, sleep, and ask your doctor whether a calcium scan would change your plan.
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Heart & circulation
The kidney plan
Diabetes and high blood pressure cause most kidney failure. Get the two kidney tests (eGFR and urine albumin), bring blood sugar and blood pressure down, move daily, avoid anti-inflammatory painkillers, and retest. If you already have kidney disease, fasting, supplements and diet changes need your doctor’s sign-off first.
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