• Has your doctor advised you to lower your Cholesterol?
• Do you have a family history of heart disease?
• Has your doctor told you that you are "at risk"?
• Is your Cholesterol reflecting over 150 points combined: good (HDL), bad (LDL) and Triglycerides?
• Has your doctor told you to go on the Mediterranean Diet* or something similar?
• Has your doctor advised you to take prescription drugs to lower your cholesterol?

I´ve heard it all! What about you?

• While I´m not a doctor or a qualified dietitian or a trained herbologist, I do know what has worked for me to lower my cholesterol, to reduce my weight and to improve my attitude about myself. Over the recent past several years, my total combined cholesterol has steadily decreased from well over 200 to the mid-100's. How?
  
  Through lifestyle choices which I made as part of my Wellness Plan You, too, should make your own Wellness Plan Make your doctor your partner.

• Why did I become concerned with cholesterol? Because I became concerned about my opportunity for heart disease. My family has a history of heart disease, including HBP, cholesterol and heart attacks; and their history became my present! I wanted to lessen my chance of heart disease and to help my body recover faster and healthier if I experienced a heart issue. I was occasionally and mildly concerned, but wasn´t worried, and therefore did nothing until my early 30´s. This attitude is a distinct attribute of youth. Wrong, but distinct. This distinction can lead to extinction!

• In my teens I was diagnosed as having Essential Hypertension (HBP which cannot be traced to a cause), but, like most teenagers, I pooh-poohed it for years because it hadn´t killed me yet, right? My Wellness Plan for many years was no plan at all. Eat whatever and however much I wanted; drink lots o´ coffee to keep me wired; smoke 2 packs a day to "ease my nerves"; and, play lots of pick-up basketball. Sound vaguely familiar?
  
  When I was in my early 30´s, I was actually feeling the HBP, especially when I bent over to pick something up, and went to consult a doctor. My doctor informed me that I had HBP as well as a cholesterol problem and he immediately placed me on a HBP medicine with a diuretic and told me to quit eating salt; then recommended that I embrace the Mediterranean Diet*. The high levels of HBP came down to within normal range within several months and there I stayed for more than a decade. (Note: I´m still taking prescription medication for HBP, but at a very low dosage, and still mostly follow the Mediterranean Diet*.) It took years of following my Wellness Plan to reduce my cholesterol to its current low levels. Start your Wellness Plan now!
  
  
  Note: If you do nothing else about your health, consult with your doctor to immediately and for the rest of your life control your HBP!

• I can´t advise you what course of actions are the right ones for you to take, but I can tell you that you are in control of your health, not your doctor! As such, you can make a difference: a) in your weight by losing fat pounds, b) in your diet by choosing what foods you eat and how often, c) in your cholesterol numbers, d) in your pulmonary function by regular and moderate exercise and e) in your disposition by feeling better about yourself. Get the idea? YOU! Start now!
  
  Instituting a Wellness Plan will help lower your cholesterol.

• Why am I telling you all this? Because I care about my fellow human beings.
  
  Most things in life are more valuable if we invest in them; emotionally, physically, or financially. Are you interested making a token investment in learning what worked for me as a part of the start of developing your Wellness Plan? I´m investing in you by making my information available. How much do you care about your future health?
  
  For a token investment in a part of the start of your new Wellness Plan, I´ll send you what has worked for me:
  • My Food Plan: I hate diets, which is why I use my adjusted version of the Mediterranean Diet*
  • My Mineral Supplement Plan: I´ll also give you my reasons for taking each one
  • My sample menu: Actual menu for a couple of days so that you can see that you will not be deprived of food – you just migrate from an unrestricted diet to your Food Plan
  
  If you choose to take similar actions to mine as part of the start of your Wellness Plan, you would then add a moderate and regular aerobic exercise routine, and you´re on your way! Don’t forget to...

...make your doctor your partner.

• Please pay attention #1... you need an overall Wellness Plan, which includes regular aerobic exercise, to achieve the greatest effect.
  
  Please pay attention #2... if you are already on a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed by your doctor, do not discontinue taking your prescription unless and until you discuss with your doctor and he/she agrees.

• To learn more about my battlecholesterol.com Wellness Plan and to make your token investment in a part of the start of your Wellness Plan, send $4 cash, check or PayPal to cover the cost of paper, envelopes and postage to:
  
  Alan Stanley
  P.O. BOX 1242
  Cathedral City, CA 92235
  
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  *Make sure you include your return address!*
  

• Don´t put your Wellness Plan on hold; don´t let high cholesterol and poor health control your life; drop those donuts and grab onto your future health with both hands! Send your token investment now! Get started on your Wellness Plan, and make certain that you...

...make your doctor your partner.

• Mediterranean Diet* first developed by Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University´s School of Public Health

• *This is an opinion page and NOT offered by a member of the health or medical communities.*

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