What Is The Number One Cause Of Heart Disease
Small LDL Cholesterol: Epidemic of the New Century
There's a new risk factor for heart disease-and it's not high cholesterol. It's rapidly skyrocketed into first place as the number one most common trigger for heart disease.
Ask your family physician what the number one cause for heart disease is, and he/she will likely reply "high cholesterol" without hesitating. Most Americans would answer the same. After all, the media overflows with discussions about cholesterol and how drugs can reduce it.
Just 30 years ago, small LDL was ...
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