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.
3. 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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Don’t 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 don’t 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 physician’s
office. It is worth the investment to get a cuff meter.
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Make exercise a daily habit
If you don’t exercise at all, a brief walk is a great way to
start. If you do, it’s 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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