YOu got that right.

I haven't got any of the other risk factors -- but my dad had a heart attack at age 49 that almost killed him, and my mother's father died of a heart attack in his early 50s.

My cholesterol level is higher than it "should" be given my plant-based diet and my daily walking and swimming, so I'm on a statin.

THANK YOU for writing this.

It's a two year old post so I'm not sure why Medium emailed it to me today. But I'm glad they did. I hope they emailed it to EVERYONE.