Baptist HealthTalk
Baptist HealthTalk
Baptist Health South Florida
Cholesterol and Heart Disease: What You Need to Know Earlier
12 minutes Posted Sep 7, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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High cholesterol can start damaging your arteries long before you feel anything — and your total cholesterol number does not tell the whole story. So when should you start checking it, what do LDL and other cholesterol particles really mean, and when are lifestyle changes no longer enough? In this episode of Baptist Health Talk, host Dr. Anthony Gonzalez speaks with Dr. Sanjeev Gulati about how cholesterol contributes to heart attacks and heart failure, why screening should begin earlier than...