Here I was flat on my back lying on a hospital cart looking up at the big screen in front of me. Doctors and nurses all around me were calling out orders. What was going on?

I was mostly awake. It was quite fascinating. On the screen was something that looked like a road map. “Give me two more atmospheres,” and then again “another atmosphere,” the doctor said. What is an “atmosphere?” It was weird!

The little streets on the road map were really the arteries of my heart. The doctors and nurses were trying to save my life. My artery was completely blocked. No blood was making it through. I was having a heart attack. I was dying.

Funny thing! I never thought I was going to die. It never crossed my mind in the least.

As you can tell, I made it or I would not be writing this blog.

While in the ICU, I asked the nurse, “What is an atmosphere?” She told me that this meant that the doctor wanted more dye so he could see the artery better.

Later, I was given an x-ray picture that showed all of my arteries and there was the one that was blocked. Question: How did this happen to me? I have always tried to be fit and healthy. How could this have possibly happened?

I have now learned about LDL, HDL, Triglycerides and a lot of other things I really didn’t want to know. I have tried a number of drugs that were supposed to reduce my total cholesterol. Statins had awful side effects and damaged some of my muscles. There was another one that was supposed to work on the stomach. It gave me severe stomach cramps. So I stopped that one. On and on it went.

About a year ago, I started using the herbal cholesterol support supplements from Himaacala Health. Today my HDL, (the good cholesterol) is up 29% and the best it has been for over 10 years. My Triglycerides are down 12%. My total cholesterol is not quite where it needs to be, but it is headed in the right direction.

Question: Are your arteries clogged up? I suggest you find out. A very simple, easy, inexpensive test can tell you.

I just read an article published by Reuters U.S. News organization entitled “One-fifth of U.S. teens have unhealthy cholesterol. It points out that one in five teens have unhealthy cholesterol levels. This is a major risk factor for heart disease in adults, it says.

The article says, “Bad cholesterol can help clog arteries while good cholesterol carries away the bad stuff.”

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