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  • Heathy Living

     
     
     
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    Your doctor will recommend that you modify your lifestyle -  stop smoking if you haven't already, begin exercising more and eating a healthy diet, achieve your ideal body weight and make sure that your blood sugar level is controlled if you have diabetes. Lifestyle modifications will help prevent or slow the progress of cardiovascular disease. 
    • Eat a heart-healthy diet 
    • Exercise regularly 
    • Avoid smoking, second-hand smoke and all tobacco use 
    • Make other lifestyle modifications, as needed 
    Assess your risk of heart disease Take the American Heart Association's risk assessment to measure your risk of heart disease. 

    Or take the "Go Red Heart Check-up for Women"  to learn about your heart risks. 

    For more on a heart-healthy lifestyle Visit the American Heart Association website  to learn more about the lifestyle changes that can lower your risk of heart disease

  • Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Choices

    Avoid Smoking, Second-Hand Smoke and All Tobacco Use

    The advice from doctors on tobacco use is straightforward: If you’ve never smoked, don’t start. And if you do smoke or use other tobacco products, quit.

    Cardiac Rehabilitation

    If you have had a recent heart attack, angioplasty or stent, open heart surgery such as coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, or heart transplant or have been diagnosed with angina, you should attend a cardiac rehabilitation program to learn how to modify your lifestyle and begin a safe, effective exercise program.

    Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet

    What – and how much – you eat and drink are key to reducing cholesterol levels, maintaining a healthy blood pressure level, controlling diabetes and losing or maintaining weight. Your doctor will urge you to follow recommendations developed by nutritionists and physicians to modify the factors that may put you at risk of heart disease:

    Exercise Regularly

    Inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease that you may be able to affect in a positive way.

    Medical Therapy and Lifestyle Changes

    If your symptoms, health condition and test results suggest that you have plaque build-up in your arteries, your doctor may recommend that you begin medical therapy – the use of medications to control symptoms – and that you adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle, including exercise, a nutritious diet and no smoking.