The important steps to Prevent Heart Disease

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The important steps to
Prevent Heart Disease
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Be responsible for your health

• The best prevention against heart disease and
  stroke is to understand the risks and treatment
  options. The greatest risk is ignorance or
  misinformation. The first step is to take
  responsibility for your health.
• Change is an important part of living with heart
  disease or trying to prevent it. A jump in blood
  pressure or cholesterol earns you a lecture on
  healthy lifestyle changes. Heart attack and
  stroke survivors are often told to alter a
  lifetime of habits.

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 Know your risks
The most influential risk factor for
cardiovascular disease is age the older you
are, the greater your risk. The second is your
genetic make-up. Although everyone is excited by
the scientific progress in genomics research,
conclusive gene tests are still in their infancy.
We have long known that if your parents,
grandparents, or other relatives were afflicted
with or died of heart disease, diabetes or
stroke, your risk is much greater.
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Dont smoke
The evidence is overwhelming that cigarette
smoking and second-hand exposure to smoke
increases the risks of heart disease, lung
disease, peripheral vascular disease and
stroke. Many people think lung cancer always is
the result of a personal choice to smoke
cigarettes, and so dont see lung cancer patients
in the same light as, say, a breast cancer
patient.
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Maintain a healthy blood pressure
High blood pressure, called hypertension, is
known as the silent killer as it goes without
symptoms in most individuals. High blood pressure
causes wear and tear of the delicate inner lining
of your blood vessels. Heredity and increasing
age raise the risks. Measuring blood pressures at
home reflects more accurately your risk than
having the blood pressure taken at a physicians
office. It is worth the investment to get a cuff
meter.
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Make exercise a daily habit
If you dont exercise at all, a brief walk is a
great way to start. If you do, its a good way to
add more exercise to your day. Exercise does more
than burn calories it also activates genes that
are beneficial to health in other ways. Plus,
exercise is one of the best treatments for
depression and anxiety. However, exercise alone
cannot control or reduce your weight you must
also modify your diet.
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