Reminder: February in National Heart Health Month

Jace

Jace

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Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is The #1 'killer'
of both men and women in the U.S.
Each year, more than 500,000 Americans die of heart attacks.

What do you do to minimize the risk of CHD?

Take vitamin E ?
exercise?
 

Eat healthy (fruits, veggies, whole grains. Limit salt and processed foods and alcohol consumption.)
Manage your weight, blood sugar, blood pressure.
Stay active.
Get enough sleep.
Visit the doctor once a year and have a complete blood count done plus different tests recommended for your age group.
 
I don't very much like to think about it --I'm addicted to cheese and every other saturated fat known to man. Every time I twist slightly, I get a chest twinge, oh well.. we've got to die of something, we can't just lie around dying of nothing.
 
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According to the American Heart Association
I person every 36 seconds has a heart attack.

Do all you can...not to be a statistic!
 
Rossana said:
Eat healthy (fruits, veggies, whole grains. Limit salt and processed foods and alcohol consumption.)
Manage your weight, blood sugar, blood pressure.
Stay active.
Get enough sleep.
Visit the doctor once a year and have a complete blood count done plus different tests recommended for your age group.
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Five very good pointers towards a healthy heart. All of which is part of our lifestyle. I would also add, avoid nicotine, tobacco and high intake of red meat. Active smoking and secondhand smoke exposure determine more than 30% of coronary heart disease mortality. Higher intakes of red meat and high fat dairy were significantly associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease.

My wife's heart problem is known as Atrial fibrillation. It's a quivering or irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Left untreated it can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. Atrial fibrillation is most often caused by changes to the heart's tissue or the electrical signalling that helps the heartbeat.

At the time of my wife's diagnosis, her surgeon's compliment that she had a very good and strong healthy heart was of cold comfort. Her recovery from surgery and seeing her looking that little bit brighter each day, I realise that the surgeon's words were not simply complimentary. Her strong heart has had quite a bearing on her recovery. My lady and I are grateful to that surgeon and all the team that have given her hope to enjoy her retirement.
 
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