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I remember the Framingham study quite well. When it came out, the AHA focused upon sodium intake. What the study proved to me conclusively was its primary conclusion; that being that some people suffer from a genetic tendency toward high cholesterol and the depositon of plaque in their coronary arteries. They even gave this a name. Familial hypercholesterolemia. Of course the AHA shied away from a genetic link to heart disease and focused on a one size fits all solution. Diet and exercise was theirs.

Some years after the Framingham study was published, a guy by the name Jim Fixx wrote a book based upon his lifestyle, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Book_of_Running
He suffered from familial hyperchoesteolremia, and died after a training run (heart attack) at age 52. While some were of the opinion that he extended his life by his rigorous running regimen, and that may well have been the case, the genetic predisposition to heart disease is not a topic we want to focus on. If I remember correctly, no male in his family had ever lived beyond their 40s, all having died from early heart attacks.
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/familial-hypercholesterolemia

There is probably not a thing that one can do about their genetics until we have a way to change our genes, which is a future thing. We can work on the problem from another direction, that being to reduce the cholesterol, but that usually involves statin drugs which have side effects that must be monitored closely. Diet and exercise alone are not enough.