Recent study has found that women who had any sort of heart disease also suffered from borderline dangerous blood cholesterol levels. The average age of women tested was 66.7 years and more than 60% of these women had extremely high levels of LDL in their blood, the bad cholesterol that contributes to clogging in the arteries, which can later manifest itself in heart attacks or stroke. In addition less than 10% of the women in the experiment had lower than 100 LDL in their blood, which is considered rather high.

Additionally, several studies have clearly shown that women who had heart diseases and took their medication to lower blood cholesterol levels also prevented heart attacks and literally save their own lives by taking the measures to reduce cholesterol.

Contrary to popular belief, women are in fact in the same risk for heart disease as men. The leading cause of death for women above 65 years of age is in fact, heart disease. The Cleveland Clinic report that among the top risks factors to develop heart disease among women is among, being overweight and having high blood pressure, also having high blood cholesterol. The conclusion is simple: as a woman, by reducing your cholesterol level in the blood, you also minimize or completely eliminate the risk of having a heart disease.

Atherosclerosis, is probably the number one trigger for heart disease. When cholesterol is being built up I the artery walls, it hardens and narrows the arteries, interfering with blood flow to provide oxygen to the heart and brain and the result is heart disease which some of its symptoms are severe chest pains and heart attacks.

Whether the cause of high cholesterol in your blood is hereditary, or is the result of inactivity or poor diet, taking the necessary step towards reducing your cholesterol and the risk of heart attacks, can be achieved naturally without the need of drugs ad their side effects. By becoming aware of your diet, consuming specific foods rich with nutrients, while eliminating high cholesterol foods, exercising and meditating the HDL in the blood can be dramatically lowered and with it the risk of heart disease.