Heart Health

Heart disease takes approximately one life every 36 seconds. While one in 31 women’s deaths is the result of breast cancer, one in three women’s deaths is the result of heart disease. Sadly, only one in five American women believes heart disease is their greatest health threat. Some tips are listed below to help you avoid heart disease and live a healthy life.

• Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women and is more deadly
  than all forms of cancer combined.
• Heart disease causes one in three women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one
  woman every minute.
• 90% of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
  An estimated 4.3 million women in the United States are affected by heart
  disease.

• Choose foods that are low in salt or sodium.
• Limit foods high in saturated and trans fats. These foods raise the level of
  cholesterol in your blood, which increases your risk of heart disease and stroke.
• Cut back on sugar (glucose, fructose, sucrose, and corn syrup)

• Try to get 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 75
  minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity every week (or a combination of
  both).

• Common problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol can
  increase your risk for heart disease.
• Manage your medicines as directed. Do not stop taking your medicine until your
  doctor says that it’s okay.
• If you have diabetes, check your blood sugar level.
• Get your blood pressure and cholesterol tested.
• Ask your doctor how you should manage your health conditions during
  pregnancy.