LIFT YOUR LEGS… TO TEST YOUR ARTERY HEALTH
This test checks for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), where the arteries that supply the leg muscles become furred up and can cause high cholesterol, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
Lie on your back on a bed and elevate both (bare) legs to a 45-degree angle on cushions. Hold them there for one minute, then quickly hang your legs down over the side of the bed at 90 degrees. If one or both of your feet or legs
