High Cholesterol ?!?
Aashish and his wife Archana, both came to the clinic with worried face and a fat file of their latest test reports. Aashish - 46, works in a multinational company as a Finance Manager whereas Archana – 44, is an architect. I welcomed them with a warm smile but they were so overwhelmed with the numbers in the report that they returned it with a frantic cry for help! “ Sonal, do something. It is not good to see the numbers in bold (falling out of range, I mean) at this age. Kids are just finishing high school… ” With my smile intact, I made them sit and offered a glass of water while I started going through the numbers. Aashish and Archana both were on higher side of Cholesterol and that is what made them run to me after listening to dozens of free advises from friends and family. In their heads the only end result of high cholesterol was a ‘Cardiac arrest’ down the line. What was surprising them the most was that they were pretty regular in their morning walks (45 minutes of bri