Obama walks to White House to improve cholesterol (AP)

[heli]

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Obama walks to White House to improve cholesterol
By NATASHA T. METZLER (AP)

WASHINGTON — Poll results, congressional head counts and federal deficits aren't the only numbers President Barack Obama has to worry about. Now, he's trying to walk off a marginally high cholesterol count.

Although Obama took the presidential motorcade to a speech Monday morning, he decided to walk back through Lafayette Park. A day earlier, his doctor recommended that he lower his cholesterol. The president told reporters he needed to "make sure that I'm walking off some of that cholesterol. That's a year of campaigning right there."

Obama had a physical exam Sunday morning, where he learned that his total cholesterol and so-called bad, or LDL, cholesterol had both spiked into the borderline high range since his last reported exam in 2007.

[Captain Hilts]

1. That won't help it if his workout schedule hasn't already. I know the feeling. nt

[CTyankee]

2. I hope he can go to the park more often and walk with his Secret Service.

He would be able to see a lot more people and that can't be bad for both him or us.

[grasswire]

3. George used to jog and bike all the time.

So I guess if any president wants to do so, it's possible. It does tie up a great deal of traffic in the District, though.

[d.gibbs]

4. This is better than adding to the $40 billion drug companies make every year from cholesterol drugs

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

5. He should eat chili peppers... HOT chili peppers.

Peppers that are very hot (chiltepins, fatalii, habaneros, cayennes, ...) lower triglycerides and reduce the oxidation rate of LDLs.
Don't give a dime to those drug companies while exercising and eating chilis. Plus they are super tastey :D
It's the capsaicin found in the peppers that is medicinal.

I wonder what the prez's favorite pepepr is??
His favorite hot sauce?

[crikkett]

6. Maybe they'll grow some in the WH Kitchen Garden next season. n/t