Preventing heart disease in women

While you can’t control your family history, you can reduce your risk for heart disease by making healthy lifestyle choices, including:

• set and strive for heart-healthy goals – know your risk factors
• plan for healthy meals and eat a diet low in fat and cholesterol and full of whole grains, fruits and vegetables
• maintain a healthy weight
• take part in regular aerobic, physical activity, such as walking for 30 minutes, five days a week
• don’t smoke
• learn how to manage stress 
• maintain optimum blood pressure and blood sugar

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