Actor Soha Ali Khan has sparked an important health conversation after revealing that she is genetically predisposed to heart disease. Despite maintaining healthy lifestyle habits and good cholesterol levels, she shared that she must keep her cholesterol “even lower than normal” due to her genetic risk.
“I just did my blood test. My LDL, which is the bad cholesterol, is good; it is low, and HDL, which is the good cholesterol, is high, which is good, but I have a gene that is genetically predisposed to heart disease. I have to keep my cholesterol even lower than normal. But I have always been into eating healthy,” she told chefs Ranveer Brar and Garima Arora on her YouTube podcast.
Soha’s disclosure highlights a critical truth: heart disease risk is not just about lifestyle but can also be written in your genes.
Being genetically predisposed means a person carries inherited traits that increase their likelihood of developing cardiovascular conditions. Even with normal test results, individuals may still face elevated risk.
Soha explained that her HDL – the good cholesterol- is high. This means that while her LDL or low-density lipoprotein - often known as “bad cholesterol”, is controlled, and HDL is at healthy levels, extra vigilance is still necessary.
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Cholesterol plays a key role in heart health:
The 47-year-old mother of one also shared her focus on the Mediterranean diet, widely regarded as one of the healthiest eating patterns. “I thought this die, which is about fresh food, lean protein, and the fats, oils we use. At some point, we all had vegetable oils, and Kunal (Kemmu; husband) said, out with them, seed oils are what you should be cooking with,” she said.
Key components of the Mediterranean diet include:
Mediterranean diet is great for those with genetic dispositions as it reduces cholesterol levels significantly
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