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But most people with elevated cholesterol don't develop these.
There are no direct symptoms from high cholesterol. The only symptoms are from the damage that high cholesterol can cause over a period of years.
If a person stays active, but eats poorly. over time they will find their heart does not perform as well, and they tire more easily .
This can be just poor fitness, or, it could be an indication your heart has blockages and can not get enough oxygen to work at the level you want it to.
This makes bad diet choices and lack of exercise excellent ways to mask development of heart disease. This is why many people still die of "sudden" heart attacks. They have been living poorly for their heart for decades, blockages have developed, to the point that any small change can kill them.
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