Heart attack warning: Four ingredients you need to cut down on to lower your risk

Aside from dietary tweaks, other ways to lower your cholesterol levels involve:

• Exercising more
• Not smoking
• Cutting down on alcohol.

Some people may be prescribed statins to help lower their cholesterol.

Although the medication is effective, it’s not a magic pill, it’s still important to lead a healthy lifestyle.

The BHF pointed out that being overweight, having diabetes or high blood pressure, all increase a person’s risk for developing heart disease.

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