🚨 Ancient mummies had atherosclerosis. And they never ate fast food once. The HORUS Study scanned 137 mummies from four ancient civilizations. Egypt. Peru. The Puebloans. The Unangan people. Researchers found probable or definite atherosclerosis in roughly one third of them. Some of that plaque was over 4,000 years old. 🫀 These were people who hunted their food, moved constantly, and never touched a cigarette. Yet their arteries were building plaque the same way yours might be right now. This is not a diet problem. This is not a lifestyle problem. Atherosclerosis is an ancient biological process written into human biology. 🔬 We die from it today for one reason. We now live long enough for
🚨 Ancient mummies had atherosclerosis. And they never ate fast food once. The HORUS Study scanned 137 mummies from four ancient civilizations. Egypt. Peru. The Puebloans. The Unangan people. Researchers found probable or definite atherosclerosis in roughly one third of them. Some of that plaque was over 4,000 years old. 🫀 These were people who hunted their food, moved constantly, and never touched a cigarette. Yet their arteries were building plaque the same way yours might be right now. This is not a diet problem. This is not a lifestyle problem. Atherosclerosis is an ancient biological process written into human biology. 🔬 We die from it today for one reason. We now live long enough for the plaque to progress into a heart attack or stroke. Our ancestors often did not survive long enough to reach that point. The disease is old. The danger is not new. What is new is our ability to stop it. 💓 250 years of cholesterol science. From the first rabbit experiments in 1913 to today's gene editing tools. We now have the strongest evidence in medical history that this process is not inevitable. The question is no longer whether atherosclerosis is preventable. The question is whether you act before the plaque does. ❤️ Read the full breakdown of cholesterol science and what it means for your heart at dralo.net/blog/history-of-cholesterol Dr. Alo, America's Cardiologist #Cardiology #HeartDisease #HeartHealth #CardiovascularHealth #Atherosclerosis #CholesterolScience #AncientHistory #PreventiveCardiology #HeartAttack #LifestyleMedicine ♬ original sound - DrAlo
