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How to Prevent Heart Disease
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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeWomen Seem to underplay their symptoms and tend to self-medicated before seeking help
Only 35 percents of women with heart disease have the typical symptom of angina
Tips on how to prevent it
- Don’t Smoke – this is the single most important things you can do for your heart.
- Have your blood pressure checked periodically
- Watch your cholesterol levels
- If you have diabetes,it should be treated and controlled
- Eat a healthy ,low-fat diet and pay attention to your weight
- keep your Body Mass Index Number-An indicator of total body fat,based on a ratio between weight and heigh at less than 25
- Maintain a waist measurement of 35 inches or less.
- Report chest,arm,throat,shoulder,blade or jaw discomfort that comes on with with exercise and goes away with rest
- If you are 40s,50s or 60s and experience shortness of breath,report it to your doctor
- If a close relative ~ a sibling or a parent-had early heart disease(in or before the the 50s,60s for,respectively,a man or a woman),your chance of heart problems is doubled, so you must work hard to reduce other risk factors
- Exercise-take a brisk,30 minutes walk every day
She was a beast!
Image by Getty ImagesAn overweight lady came for an appointment at my clinic.She was one of my colleagues’s patients so I was curious as to why she was suddenly coming to see me.
“I had to,”she moaned.”The other doctor put me on the scales and told me I was a beast,”
Appalled,I confronted my colleague about the matter.His account of their conversation was rather less dramatic.
“I said she was obese.”
Dr Antonio Lidder
A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults (Crc Series in Modern Nutrition Science)
