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• heart disease claims about ½ million lives in America per year • high cholesterol levels play a significant role in heart disease • studies show if you lower cholesterol levels, risk of heart disease is reduced by up-to 40%

What is Cholesterol?

Before we go into how to reduce your cholesterol, let’s take a look at what exactly cholesterol is.

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is produced by liver and its job is to:-

• produce bile acids to help with digestion of fat • build and repair cells and • produce estrogens and testosterone hormones

Therefore cholesterol is an important function of body, but too much cholesterol in body becomes a risk as it can clog up arteries and this can be cause of heart attacks and strokes.

Cholesterol Symptoms

It is surprising to learn that there are virtually no symptoms to diagnose if you have high cholesterol. High cholesterol is normally identified by a blood test.

However, if you are having health issues such as coronary disease, vascular disease or stroke, then this could be end result of high cholesterol levels in your body.

Symptoms of:

Coronary Disease • Angina • Chest pains • Nausea • Shortness of breath