Chronic inflammation is a silent, body-wide smoulder - no swelling, no pain - that quietly raises your risk of heart disease and diabetes for years. Your genes set part of the dial; your lifestyle keeps the fire burning.
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Chronic inflammation is a silent, body-wide smoulder - no swelling, no pain - that quietly raises your risk of heart disease and diabetes for years. Your genes set part of the dial; your lifestyle keeps the fire burning.
1 in 250 Indians carries a single gene mutation that keeps LDL dangerously high from childhood, no matter how clean the diet. The gene is LDLR. Most carriers find out only after a heart attack in their thirties.
South Asians develop cardiovascular disease ten years earlier than Caucasians. The standard risk calculator was built on a 1948 Massachusetts cohort. Ask for ApoB. Ask for Lp(a). Ask early.