Heart Health

A Valentine's Day Reminder to take care of your heart.

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Did you know?

February is designated as American Heart Month. The American Heart Association uses February to help raise awareness of the importance of early detection of cardiovascular illness.

Did you know that according to the American Heart Association there is an average of one death every thirty-eight seconds! That translates into 2,300 cardiovascular deaths each and every day. Take note that heart disease is the #1  killer of men and women in the United States; more than cancer deaths.

According to research though, we can prevent about 90% of all heart disease. This is good news. This means we Can control what we Can control. We know that there are risk factors like family history and your age that we cannot change.

Know Your Risk Factors

Keeping abreast of what is unchangeable and what is, is important to help you lower your risks like high Blood Pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, and last but not least smoking.

Making The Changes

Every little change can help in a big way. Be screened at your doctor's office for the risk factor diseases. Take prescribed medication and follow all the doctor's orders. Control your diet by eating healthy and low in total fats (saturated and trans fats), eat foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids(2 x per week). Limit alcohol intake to 2 ounces or less per day. (AHA states binge drinking can cause irregular heartbeats & arrhythmias).

Stay Active And Get Your Sleep

Simply put exercise strengthens the heart. The by-product of all exercising is blood flow movement, lower BMI's and trimmed waistlines; which is very important. Exercise can be vigorous or not but it is recommended 3 times per week for at least a total of 75 minutes. Walking is very good.

The AHA recommends that a healthy night's sleep is very regenerative for the heart; 6-8 hours per night is optimum. It is a fact that those people who sleep less than 5 hours per night are at a higher risk for stroke and heart disease.


An otterly gorgeous valentine!



So have a heart by taking care of it! For further information, ideas, references, and numbers go to:
www.heart.org

or call

1-800-AHA-USA-1

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