Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90 percent of our risk for having a heart attack, whereas drugs may only reduce risk by 20 to 30 percent? And a look at ideal LDL cholesterol levels.

Didn’t know atherosclerosis could start at such a young age? See Heart Disease Starts in Childhood (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/heart-disease-starts-in-childhood/).

For more on drugs vs. lifestyle, check out my video The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-actual-benefit-of-diet-vs-drugs/).

Want to learn more about so-called primordial prevention? See When Low Risk Means High Risk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/when-low-risk-means-high-risk/).

Does Cholesterol Size Matter? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-cholesterol-size-matter/) Watch the video to find out.

Stay tuned for Are PCSK9 Inhibitors for LDL Cholesterol Safe and Effective? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-PCSK9-inhibitors-for-LDL-cholesterol-safe-and-effective) next.

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