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If my mom eats a healthy diet and walks every day twice a day, why are her cholesterol and ldl levels slightly elevated?

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Dr. Vahe Yetimyan answered

Needs to: walk 25 minutes a day. No red meat and eat plant based diet.

Answered 7/7/2018

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