Baseball legend Tony Pérez helps strike out high cholesterol in the Hispanic Community.

Legendary Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Tony Pérez, has teamed up with Men’s Health Network and Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals to participate in Strike Out High Cholesterol: A Program to Help Lower LDL Levels, a national cholesterol education program. Pérez and the Strike Out High Cholesterol program will tour Minor League Baseball parks during this summer’s baseball season to raise awareness about high cholesterol and its two sources, food and family, among Latinos.

“I always thought the traditional Cuban food I ate was the reason for my high cholesterol. However, when changes to my diet and exercise program were not enough to lower my “bad” cholesterol level, I asked my doctor what else I could do,” Pérez said. “My doctor explained that there are two sources of cholesterol, diet and my family’s medical history. We worked together to develop a cholesterol-lowering treatment plan that worked for me.”