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Monday, October 20, 2008

How To Prevent Heart Disease

  • Watch your cholesterol levels.
  • If you have diabetes,it should be treated and controlled.
  • Don't smoke - this is the single most important thing you can do for your heart.
  • Have your blood checked periodicall
  • Eat a healthy,low-fat diet and pay attention to your weight.
  • Keep your Body Mass Index number - an indicator of total body fat,based on a ratio between weight and height - at less than 25.
  • Main tain a waist measurement of 35 inches or less.
  • Report chest,arm,throat,shoulder blade or jaw discomfort that comes on with exercise and goes away with rest
  • If you are in your's 40s,50s or 60s and experience shortness of breath,report it to your doctor.
  • If a close relative - sibling or a parent had early heart disease (in or before the 50s or 60s for respectively,a man or a woman ), your change of heart problems is doubled,so you must work hard to reduce other risk factors
  • Exercise - take a brisk,30-minute walk every day.
    I hope heart disease will not attack us,so start today lets we care our heart properly.Love your heart!

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