How you can help prevent
HEART DISEASES
Your Self chec Keeping Healthy Guide
Your heart is a pump that supplies blood to every organ of the body. To keep it healthy and fit you need to become aware of how practicing prevention will help you do this. At any age, if you have a family history of heart disease or are a smoker, keep yourself in check by calling your doctor for your yearly exam. Sign up for a Self chec ehealth reminder so you won’t forget.
Here is an additional checklist to help prevent heart disease:
Get moving and keep moving every day for at least 30 minutes! Exercise can help keep blood pressure and cholesterol down, relieve stress, and help you control your weight. Be a Mover & Shaker and Scale Downer.
If you are a smoker, quit smoking. Don’t give up trying until you are smoke free! Talk to your doctor about over-the-counter and prescription medication available to help you quit. Be a Quitter.
If someone in your family or home smokes, urge them to quit. Secondhand smoke is dangerous for everyone
Cut down on salt, cholesterol and saturated fats to help keep cholesterol and blood pressure down. Eat healthier, become a Sound Biter.
Join the conversation about Heart Diseases:
January 9th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
I’M THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
I didn’t even know how dangerously close to death I might have been when my doctor, in a routine visit, asked me how I was feeling. I told him I was eating right and exercising every day, but had a little difficulty breathing when I was walking fast in cold weather. He told me it could be a symptom of a clogged artery and wanted to check it out. First I had a stress test and then checked into the hospital, had an angiogram and sure enough needed a stent. The next day I was out of the hospital and feeling great. Long live early detection. It saved my life. We are the only ones in charge of our bodies, so check with your doctor for even the smallest symptom. You could be saving your life, too.