Heart Health Tips
Real facts about heart disease and heart attacks. View actual age vs. your heart age chart, watch our Featured Video plus tips, facts, basic information, and much more! Here are a few fast facts about heart disease:
"Each year, 500,000 Americans die of heart disease, and approximately half of them are women. As early as age 45, a man’s risk of heart disease begins to rise significantly. For a woman, risk starts to increase at age 55. Fifty percent of men and 64 percent of women who die suddenly of heart disease have no previous symptoms of the disease (Nhlbi.nih.gov, 2918)".
"Each year, 500,000 Americans die of heart disease, and approximately half of them are women. As early as age 45, a man’s risk of heart disease begins to rise significantly. For a woman, risk starts to increase at age 55. Fifty percent of men and 64 percent of women who die suddenly of heart disease have no previous symptoms of the disease (Nhlbi.nih.gov, 2918)".
Examples of Actual Age VS. Heart Age Chart-Calculator
The Big Four Heart Healthy Habits to Prevent Heart Disease
"A recent national survey shows that only 3 percent of U.S. adults practice all of the “Big Four” habits that help to prevent heart disease".
These Big Four Heart Healthy Habits are:
Eat a healthy diet
Get regular physical activity
Maintain a healthy weight
Avoid smoking (Nhlbi.nih.gov, 2918)
These Big Four Heart Healthy Habits are:
Eat a healthy diet
Get regular physical activity
Maintain a healthy weight
Avoid smoking (Nhlbi.nih.gov, 2918)
Featured Video: Top 5 Heart Health Tips
In this video Registered Dietician Daphna Steinberg of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center explains her top 5 heart health tips which are:
1. Diet-A heart healthy diet which is low fat, low sodium and high in fiber. Avoid fried foods, processed foods, and partially hydrogenated oils.
2. Avoid smoking-If you don't smoke-don't start and if you do smoke-quit. (See How to quit smoking)
3. Keep an active lifestyle-Get at least 30 minutes of exercise that increases your heart rate every day.
4. Maintain a healthy weight
5. Reduce stress
1. Diet-A heart healthy diet which is low fat, low sodium and high in fiber. Avoid fried foods, processed foods, and partially hydrogenated oils.
2. Avoid smoking-If you don't smoke-don't start and if you do smoke-quit. (See How to quit smoking)
3. Keep an active lifestyle-Get at least 30 minutes of exercise that increases your heart rate every day.
4. Maintain a healthy weight
5. Reduce stress
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References:
1. Doctor with a stethoscope photo by Martin Brosy (@cinestock) on Unsplash. (2018). Unsplash.com.
2. Top 5 Heart Health Tips. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4egM_a_nmKk
3. (2018). Nhlbi.nih.gov. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/healthyheart.pdf
1. Doctor with a stethoscope photo by Martin Brosy (@cinestock) on Unsplash. (2018). Unsplash.com.
2. Top 5 Heart Health Tips. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4egM_a_nmKk
3. (2018). Nhlbi.nih.gov. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/healthyheart.pdf