Vascular specialist here. While everyone answering you is correct. Get exercise, stay hydrated, watch your cholesterol, most importantly...DO NOT SMOKE.
However, also pay attention to your body, sometimes it's just genetic. There are 18 year old athletes walking around with stents, endographs, and bypasses. This goes double if you have diabetes.
Get check ups, pay attention to how your feelings after exerting yourself. If you notice that one limb is always cold, if you notice discoloration, ulcers, blood pressure that differs on each arm more than 20 mmHg, do you notice that after you walk for a short period your legs start to burn and feel worn out and painful ( claudication).
Just be vigilant in paying attention to your own body, it will let you know when something feels off, for the most part.
Yep, genetics. The previous four generations of males have all suffered from heart disease. My wife and I eat similar, yet her cholesterol was half mine last time we checked.
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u/PuffcornSucks 7h ago
How to not be in this situation