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Question

hey i am a health addict i never eat salt put it on anything my daily cholesterol intake is 25 mg per day and my grandparents died of heart attacks on my dads side and thats why i am such an addict i am 17 i usually workout for 1 hour just exercising you know so am i doing the right thing and do you think i will ever have one i dont smoke or any of that mess i am 5-9 165

Answer 1

omg me to at mc donalds i ask them to not put salt on my fires or ne thyng i eat cuz salt dries up ur blood and eventually if you eat to much salt you can have strokes,and heartattacks....wich is y i hate eating salt ...ur not a health freak or health addict you just dont wanna die unhealthy i always say it is better to die old and healthy than to die young and ill and trust me my grandmother,my dad,my step mum,my real mum,my steap dad,my grandmother from my real mums side of the family and my uncle,and aunt and cousins smoke and i am actually choosing not to cuz i dont wanna die young and ill...and if cancer is genetic in ur familly definatly dont smoke it makes it worse....but u sound really healthy and fit and dont let anyone put you down for doing the right thing it is usually those people who die young and ill anyways hope my experiance has helped u

Answer 2

Congratulations on having a healthy diet and exercise regimen. I am sure that it has lowered your risk of heart disease. However, you have a strong familial genetic predisposition to heart disease, and that is harder to overcome. (Runner Jim Fixx died of a heart attack because his family had a strong predisposition to it, despite his healthy lifestyle) You need to talk with you doctor about monitoring your cholesterol and homocyestine levels. If you are over 45 and male, I would recommend a cardiac stress test, just as a baseline to catch any issues. As you are only 17, unless you have a family history of hyperlipidemia, you are decades away from worry.
Most importantly, if you have symptoms of heartburn, chest pain, jaw pain, etc. Don't ignore it. it could be a heart attack. Not everyone gets the elephant on the chest, pain shooting down the left arm classic symptoms. Educate yourself on the symptoms of a myocardial infarction (medicalese for heart attack)
Keep up the good work and the healthy lifestyle, you will live a long time and reduce your risk for other killers, like diabetes, cancer and stroke.

Answer 3

hate to break it to you but some people produce bad cholesterol in their bodies regardless of how they eat or exercise. You should have a cholesterol test to see where your levels are. You are definitely working well at good health. A blood test will tell what your bad cholesterol and good cholesterol levels are. If the bad is high the doctor might give you a medication that will lower this. Some medications even raise the good cholesterol.

Answer 4

Boy, don't live your life worrying like this, you WILL get an ulcer before a heart attack!! It's good to do your part in your own health,but to worry about the future now at the way your going about it, it's crazy. Besides,It's your mother's side you really need to be worrying about not your dad's side. This is how it usually works, mother-son, father daughter, these combos are how it works. son takes after the mother, the daughter takes after the father, look it up, it's basic, well I'm a nurse so, I went to school for this, but I learned about this in high school. just look it up and maybe you will stop worrying yourself for a premature heart attack anyway!! Take it easy, it's ok, get a girlfriend, she'll take your mind off such a bothersome topic for you. take care!!

Answer 5

you sound very healthy and thats great , but dont over do it since you are still growing, you may need some cholesterol, but dont worry about salt there is plenty in everday foods if you need help managing seek a dietician.