Buy A Home Cholesterol Test Kit It’s National Cholesterol Awareness Month

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Did you know that high blood cholesterol affects over 65 million Americans? It’s a serious condition that increases your risk for heart disease; the higher your cholesterol level, the greater the risk. Lowering your cholesterol levels that are too high lessens your risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of having a heart attack or dying of heart disease. Women should be especially aware of their cholesterol levels and risks of heart disease, as it is the number one killer of women.

*Only 1/3 of women know their current cholesterol levels

*Twice as many women know what they weighed in high school than know their current cholesterol levels

That’s pretty scary.

Another pretty scary tidbit is that practically no celebrities promote cholesterol awareness and education. I think we can all agree that celebrities bring much needed light to various causes, so why not cholesterol awareness? Seems to me it’s a cause that affects everyone.

The only celebrity I could find who agrees with me is Bill Cosby, who wrote a book about his struggle with high cholesterol and a partially blocked carotid artery entitled, “I am what I ate … and I’m Frightened!”

On the related subject of high blood pressure, football great Joe Montana is an advocate for education and awareness, but that’s pretty much all I could find in the celebrity spokesperson category.

Facts about Cholesterol:

*Cholesterol is a soft waxy substance found in our bloodstream and all our cells that the body produces naturally. Its function is to help form cell membranes, some hormones and is needed for other functions.

*About 75% of our cholesterol is made from our liver and other cells. The other 25% comes from the foods we eat.

*It is the excess of cholesterol in our bodies that poses a problem. Cholesterol levels that are too high can lead to coronary heart disease, one of the leading causes of death in the United States. There are 106.7 million Americans with borderline high and 37.2 million with high blood cholesterol levels.

Although National Cholesterol Awareness Month is only during September, it’s a health issue that needs to be addressed by each and every one of us. Our lives could depend on it.

Sources:
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
The Cardio Blog: Celebrity Spokesperson
The Cardio Blog: Why don’t women prioritize cholesterol?

Image Sources:
CartoonStock
Whitehall Heart Health Task Force

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