Measures to Prevent Heart Problems
3 Goals:
2 . Strengthening the Heart Muscle
3. Controlling Free Radical Damage –Antioxidants
Strategies to prevent heart disease
[from the Mayo Clinic Staff]
1. Don’t smoke or use tobacco
Research: Smoking and Heart Health
2. Exercise for about 30 minutes on most days of the week
Research: Exercise and Heart Health
3. Eat a heart-healthy diet
Research: Diet for a Healthy Heart
4. Maintain a healthy weight
[Research: Effects of Healthy Weight Loss on the Heart]
5. Get enough quality sleep
[Research: Effects of Sleep on a Healthy Heart]
6. Manage stress
7. Get regular health screenings
–Blood pressure.
–Cholesterol levels
–Diabetes screening
The Healing Power of Kindness
Stanford Medicine
‘……………… the positive effect of kindness is even greater than that of taking aspirin to reduce the risk of a heart attack or the influence of smoking on male mortality. And it doesn’t even require a trip to the pharmacy………’
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