Submitted by Dr T on December 7, 2010 – 1:32pm
If all your tests were normal 2 years ago, it is unlikely you have done serious damage to yourself. Diet & exercise are indeed the best protection and I wish you good luck with your weight loss program!
You probably should keep an eye on your cholesterol, so that you a good baseline to follow. I recommend exercise to everybody, even patients with heart disease, especially if you achieve weight loss at the same time.
Take a look here:
https://www.cardiachealth.org/app/risk-assessment.php
https://www.cardiachealth.org/heart-disease-treatment/what-you-can-do
https://www.cardiachealth.org/patients
https://www.cardiachealth.org/heart-healthy-recipes
We are trying to make dieting but healthy but also delicious, and I have now a nutritionist as well as a culinary chef associated with this website:
https://www.cardiachealth.org/ca-blog/new-partners/
Hope this helps and good luck,
Dr T
https://www.cardiachealth.org/