READ THIS!! IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE

Heart attacks affect people at ALL ages. And they don't always happen when other people are around. What to do?

If you feel a sharp, grasping pain that goes up into your jaw and into your arm (often the left one), and it feels like there is a vice around your chest, the chances are you might be having a heart attack.

If you are alone, you have a short time - about 10 seconds - to get help.... But what if you can't?

The answer is to COUGH! Breathe very deeply and cough heavily as if you are trying to clear a blocked throat. Keep breathing deeply and coughing HARD!

The deep breaths pull in more oxygen and the coughing squeezes your heart and can help get it going again.

Obviously as soon as you can call for medical help.

I have a neat PowerPoint about this..... email me on fitness@quartermainesworld.com and I'll email a copy.

CHOLESTROL RATIO

CHECK OUT 'SAVVY HEALTH AND FITNESS' - the image is from this excellent site (savvyhealthfitness.com/) and the site has a wealth of useful info on what you must know about cholestrol. The one thing I've learned from a number of sources is that the key indicator is the CHOLESTROL RATIO - the ratio of 'good' HDL to total cholestrol.

My total cholestrol level is 122, divided by my HDL level of 35, gives a ratio of 3.5 - which is about the higheest level you want to have and not be at risk of a heart attack. (NB: the 'extremists', Kurzweil and Grossman say 2.5 is the highest level you should have). But my total cholestrol level is very low (some would say too low) so I think I'm OK. Check out these metrics, they can save your life.