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He was caught and spent four years in prison. >> that is what woke me up. i realized that selling drugs was wrong. >> during a routine prison physical, he got a second wake up call. >> my cholesterol level was extremely high. they said if i don't start dieting or exercising correctly that i could die within five years. >> cause developed a full body workout right inside his cell. >> i lost 70 pounds in six months. >> lost weight and gained purpose. >> actually helped 20 guys lose over a thousand founds. >> once out of prison he connected with a group to help small business asks men tour them. ...

Months, you need to call us and we'll talk to you about prostate cancer. >> my mom took the doctor's challenge and got her brother for the first time getting his prostate checked. he has a clean bill of health, however, his cholesterol is high. doctors want to put him on lipitor. i said, no, have him change his diet first. you can monitor your cholesterol level by changing your diet. then if that doesn't work, you go to the medicine. but my mom says it's high. >> i want to congratulate your family for listening to this, because there is so much out there, changing the guidelines. we're finding...

Disease and stroke, these are silent killers and you want to know what your blood pressure is. our biggest problem in this country is the high consumption of salt. we're consuming about 3500 milligrams of salt. we should be around 2500 milligrams. if you're a diabetic, have kidney disease you want to go to 1500. check your blood pressure around the age of 20 every year. cholesterol is important because that is another risk for heart disease and coronary artery disease et cetera. your cholesterol level should be less than 200. start checking it at the age of 20 because we have a lot of juvenile...

Chief medical consultant sanjay gupta joins us now. >> and they call this a shift in how we're actually approaching heart disease for doctors and in yours. and but also, as you say, maybe $70 million people taking this one type of medication. here is a back story. if you've heard it once from your doctor, you've probably heard it a thousand times. know your numbers. blood pressure, 120/80 or less. bmi, under 25. and how about your bad cholesterol level, that sh you been under 100. but the new guidelines say that last number isn't so important anymore. why? they say regardless of what your numb...

The same chris christie. >> you know, i just want to say as a dad, you know, i got some bad news in december about my cholesterol level, about my blood pressure. it's sobering. you look at these little guys at the house and you say i could not be around here and i made changes in my life in terms of eating and so forth. i think it is important we take him as a human being and i like him a lot better as a human being than a politician so you saw -- the guy you saw today i think was everybody's fantasy to be able to go out there and stick up for yourself and your family and stick it to the press...