Comments on: Dementia: A Good Reason to Check Your Cholesterol http://www.healthjag.com/2009/dementia-a-good-reason-to-check-your-cholesterol/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:07:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: dennis http://www.healthjag.com/2009/dementia-a-good-reason-to-check-your-cholesterol/comment-page-1/#comment-7 dennis Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:58:33 +0000 http://www.healthjag.com/?p=517#comment-7 We sort of do that with taxes on cigarettes and alcohol. How about a tax on high fat foods? We sort of do that with taxes on cigarettes and alcohol. How about a tax on high fat foods?

]]> By: Mike http://www.healthjag.com/2009/dementia-a-good-reason-to-check-your-cholesterol/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Mike Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:10:14 +0000 http://www.healthjag.com/?p=517#comment-6 High colesterol not only places your cardiovascular system (and thus your life) at risk, but it can lead to stroke, which is also potentially life threatening, as well as dimentia. All of these and others are very good reasons for keeping your lipid profile within optimum values. Fail to do so at your own risk. Makes me think even more that those who choose lifestyles that are not reasonably healthy should pay more for health insurance -- after all they are the ones who are at greatest risk for the most serious and expensive health probles. Why should we have to pay for teir foolishness? High colesterol not only places your cardiovascular system (and thus your life) at risk, but it can lead to stroke, which is also potentially life threatening, as well as dimentia. All of these and others are very good reasons for keeping your lipid profile within optimum values. Fail to do so at your own risk.

Makes me think even more that those who choose lifestyles that are not reasonably healthy should pay more for health insurance — after all they are the ones who are at greatest risk for the most serious and expensive health probles. Why should we have to pay for teir foolishness?

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