Eating adequate amounts of lean proteins and eating fewer processed foods leads to a lower risk in heart disease. Eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains are more beneficial to individual health.

Numerous studies have found that trans fats raise our risk of heart disease. They can also contribute to an increase in total cholesterol levels and a drop in the healthy HDL cholesterol. These man-made fats are much worse for you than any other natural fat, even the saturated fats found in butter and beef.

We were surprised that sibling cardiovascular heart disease may actually be a stronger risk factor than parental cardiovascular disease.

Having a sibling with cardiovascular disease increases your risk for a heart attack by as much as 45 percent compared to people without a sibling with cardiovascular disease.

The overweight have a significantly higher risk of diabetes, gallstones, hypertension, and heart disease, ... All have costs and an impact on the quality of life that get ignored if we focus only on mortality.

Both studies clearly show no increased risk of coronary heart disease with estrogen-alone therapy.