Small changes in diet can go a long way to improving heart health. Make these guidelines a daily habit and they’ll become easy to follow. Eat less red meat, more fish, more poultry and more beans.1. Eat less red meat, more fish, more poultry and more beans.2. Eat an extra serving or two of vegetables …
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How Does Exercise Affect Your Heart?
By Erica L. Robinson Shared from Active.com Cardiovascular exercise involves the use of large muscles in a repetitive fashion, activating muscle fibers programmed for endurance and utilizing a heart rate range anywhere from 40 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. Think: running, jogging, swimming, biking, or spinning. How does cardiovascular exercise affect your heart? When performing …
Scary Heart Disease Statistics
February marks Heart Health Awareness month, and the American Heart Association wants to remind us exactly how important heart health awareness really is. You hear the mortality rates regularly: more than 600,000 people die annually of heart disease, and another 135,000 from stroke. It’s easy to start letting those statistics go in one ear and out the other, …