As we prepare for the celebration I want to send out this warning.  My interest is in people's health. We have always experienced a high rate of distress calls for stroke issues immediately after any major festivity. People with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of stroke, and so also are people with high cholesterol levels. Red Alert Notice: How To Stay Healthy Over Christmas I suggest knowing your cholesterol indices and checking your BP level. The reason is that you are more exposed to food items that increase your cholesterol level and BP during festivities, you will be exposed to more fried foods, hydrogenated oil, sweets, and highly processed carbohydrates from refined white wheat flour used for making cakes, chin-chin, doughnut, etc. A higher amount of fried meat, fish, etc and all these can easily build up your cholesterol level and the ability of your blood to form blood clots,  these clotted particles in the blood can easily block blood vessels in the b...