Heart Disease Quiz

What you don’t know may be killing you.

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What food is most likely to increase your risk of heart disease?

Corn oil

Coconut oil

Wheat

Nightshade vegetables

Cashews

Foods high in lectins

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What food is most likely to decrease your risk of heart disease?

Flaxseed oil

Unpasteurized whole milk

Skim milk

Lean poultry

Grass fed beef

Coconut oil

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What is the average age a man has a heart attack?

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How low does your LDL cholesterol need to be to halt the progression of atherosclerotic heart disease?

116

100

None of the above, LDL isn’t associated with heart disease.

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What is the primary cause of heart disease?

High blood pressure

High LDL cholesterol

High blood sugar

Low HDL cholesterol

Consuming excess sugar

Too many carbs

Insufficient physical activity

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What statement is most true about salt and sodium?

They are no longer considered risk factors for heart disease

Too little sodium is a common risk factor for heart disease

Too much sodium increases the risk of high blood pressure and therefore heart disease

If you are thin and active, you don’t need to worry about how much sodium you consume

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What decreases your risk of heart disease?

Reducing your LDL cholesterol

Reducing blood pressure below 120/80

Stopping vaping and e-cigarettes

Avoiding second hand smoke

Reducing stress

All of the above

None of the above

Four of the above

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What is more likely to increase your risk of heart disease?

Skim milk

Full fat yogurt

Skinless poultry

Pineapple

Soy products

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What is the best metric for checking your risk of heart disease?

HDL

HDL/total cholesterol ratio

LDL

ApoB

Total cholesterol

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What is the most accurate way to check for atherosclerotic heart disease?

Stress test

Coronary calcium score

CT angiogram

Cardiac intravascular ultrasound

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What percentage of the world’s population dies from heart disease?

13%

23%

33%

43%

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What is a safe and effective way to reduce your risk of heart disease?

A plant-based diet low in saturated fat, such as a Mediterranean or DASH Diet

Increasing physical activity

Sleeping at least 7 hours

Improving stress

Improving loneliness

Treating depression

All of the above

None of the above

Three of the above

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If cholesterol is high despite a healthy lifestyle, then what is usually the best next step?

A healthy lifestyle is always enough to get your cholesterol into a healthy range

A statin drug to lower LDL

A keto diet

Blood pressure lowering medication

High intensity interval training

A sleep study

Relationship counseling

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What is the most dangerous type of cholesterol that can’t be improved with a healthy lifestyle? Physicians rarely test for this even though it is high in 20-30% of people.

Oxidized LDL

ApoB

ApoA

Lp(a)

IDL

Chylomicrons

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