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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
I mean doesn't healthy eating and excercising always result in lowering your chances of getting a heart attack and stroke? Kind of an odd response from a doctor of any size.
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Not always. In your case, from what you have said, the risk comes because you have polycythemia vera which means you produce too many red blood cells which makes your blood thicker and more likely to clot causing a heart attack or stroke, so diet and exercise won’t reduce that risk. The usual risk for heart attacks comes from having high cholesterol which causes fatty deposits on your arteries which can break away and cause heart attacks etc.