Stocking a heart healthy kitchen may be easier than you think.
You probably think I'm just beating you over the head with this topic. It's my thing. I've been an American Heart Association CPR instructor for 15 years. I work in a hospital. It's my thing.
And I know two people only in their 50's who have had heart attacks in the last four months. One had a quintuple bypass.
It's my thing.
Prevention is the key. Yes, there are risk factors you cannot prevent. Heredity is a big one. But you can take statins to prevent cholesterol build up if that is the problem. It seems to be a win-win because of so few side effects.
There are risk factors you can prevent. Stop smoking. Lose weight. Exercise.
I know it isn't always easy. Nothing worth anything in life is.
But take that first step. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Park a little further from the store than you usually do.
You don't have to change your whole lifestyle overnight.
Not unless you have a heart attack.
But I want you to prevent that.
So what can you do this week? What can you do to reduce your risk of heart disease?
Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Happy New Monday - Andi MacDowell
Andie MacDowell is raising awareness about heart disease.
Heart disease is not sexy. No one is losing their hair. (scroll down a bit to see what I mean.) There are no cute kids to use as poster children. There is no run for it. There are very rarely celebrites speaking out on the issue. Until Andie MacDowel has taken it on.
Nonetheless it is a national health crisis.
According to www.americanheart.org 1 in 3 women have some form of heart disease. Each year 60,000 more women than men have strokes.
I know someone personally who just had a quintuple bypass. And he's skinny, works out and eats right. It's genetic. It runs in his family.
Heart disease is invisible. Your first symptom can be a fatal heart attack.
So I'm glad to see a celebrity talking about it.
Do you know that for women, heart disease kills more than all cancers combined?
Someone in Hollywood needs to take up the mantle of this devastating disease. For some reason, when celebrity lends thier name to a cause it makes it more real for us.
So brava to Andie MacDowell.
What can you do?
You say you don't have any risks?
Get a checkup. Get blood work done.
You've already done that?
Take a CPR course. It isn't the EMT's that will save a person, it is you. You will be the one there when someone collapses in a movie theater or in the mall. You will be there when someone has a stroked in a restaurant.
Go to www.americanheart.org to find a class near you.
And save a life today!
Heart disease is not sexy. No one is losing their hair. (scroll down a bit to see what I mean.) There are no cute kids to use as poster children. There is no run for it. There are very rarely celebrites speaking out on the issue. Until Andie MacDowel has taken it on.
Nonetheless it is a national health crisis.
According to www.americanheart.org 1 in 3 women have some form of heart disease. Each year 60,000 more women than men have strokes.
I know someone personally who just had a quintuple bypass. And he's skinny, works out and eats right. It's genetic. It runs in his family.
Heart disease is invisible. Your first symptom can be a fatal heart attack.
So I'm glad to see a celebrity talking about it.
Do you know that for women, heart disease kills more than all cancers combined?
Someone in Hollywood needs to take up the mantle of this devastating disease. For some reason, when celebrity lends thier name to a cause it makes it more real for us.
So brava to Andie MacDowell.
What can you do?
You say you don't have any risks?
Get a checkup. Get blood work done.
You've already done that?
Take a CPR course. It isn't the EMT's that will save a person, it is you. You will be the one there when someone collapses in a movie theater or in the mall. You will be there when someone has a stroked in a restaurant.
Go to www.americanheart.org to find a class near you.
And save a life today!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Happy News Monday
Amish Community has low incidence of heart disease.
This is poignant for me today. A friend, only in his fifties, is having a quintuple bypass today. By the time you read this it will probably be done.
So I was thinking about heart disease.
My mother had high blood pressure and her father died of a heart attack. He was 79. They really are my only link to heart disease. My sister says we are anti-risk for heart disease. All my numbers come back great. My doctor loves to see my numbers.
Researchers believe that if they study this Amish community they will be able to figure out prevenative drugs.
What a neat idea. A community that spurns technology will be instrumental in creating new technology or at least drugs.
That's pretty ironic.
Even though I don't have heart disease and probably won't I still work out. It makes me feel good.
So what do you do for yourself?
This is poignant for me today. A friend, only in his fifties, is having a quintuple bypass today. By the time you read this it will probably be done.
So I was thinking about heart disease.
My mother had high blood pressure and her father died of a heart attack. He was 79. They really are my only link to heart disease. My sister says we are anti-risk for heart disease. All my numbers come back great. My doctor loves to see my numbers.
Researchers believe that if they study this Amish community they will be able to figure out prevenative drugs.
What a neat idea. A community that spurns technology will be instrumental in creating new technology or at least drugs.
That's pretty ironic.
Even though I don't have heart disease and probably won't I still work out. It makes me feel good.
So what do you do for yourself?
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