Keeping Your Heart in Beating Order
At the heart of it
Your heart’s busy workload and vital functions need support like any other machine to keep running properly for a lifetime. It’s important to take steps to reduce your risk for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.
Listen to your heart
What are the risk factors?
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Smoking and tobacco use in any form
- Harmful use of alcohol
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Physical inactivity
- Unhealthy diet
- Genetics
Be smart about your heart
Reduce your risk by:
- Quitting smoking and any tobacco use
- Prioritizing daily moderate physical activity
- Eating heart healthy foods like whole grains, vegetables, and lean meats
- Limiting your intake of alcohol, salt, sugar, and saturated fat
- Getting enough quality sleep
- Maintaining a healthy weight
- Managing your stress levels
- Scheduling regular health screenings
Make an appointment with your provider to discuss your risk for heart disease and ways you can prevent it.