My cholesterol went from 220 to 149. I was crying like a 'Biggest Loser' contestant when my doctor gave me the news.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle.
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.
Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.
It was the cholesterol. I had two fried eggs a day for breakfast. I had no checkups for five years. I kept meaning to go. The doctor would probably say it was years of bad living. I've always had a good time. Maybe I've had too good a time.
I got Type 1 diabetes at 30. It hit me in 1982 when I was a White House Fellow in Washington. I had viral pneumonia. I lost 35 pounds in six weeks. And I couldn't see anything. Everything was blurry. I was always thirsty.
Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.
Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine's not so great.
I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, Way up tall, There's a land where they've never heard of cholesterol.