[Evans, Marv]

I'm in a similar situation genetically. Nothing I can do except for meds will lower my cholestoral level. However I have an old friend from grammar school who supposedly benefitted from exercise. His parents both died around 50 from heart attacks. He was always active athletically. He ended up teaching at a high school and coaching the cross country team for years & years. Of course he ran with the team and ran on his own when he wasn't coaching. When he eventually went to have a scan, the cardiologist asked how much exercise he did. My friend told him how much he ran each week, and the doctor said if he hadn't done that most of his life, he would have been dead long before. Apparently his major arteries were all clogged and the lateral ones had enlarged over the years to compensate. At least that's the story he told me.