Reduce Your Heart Disease Risk With Three Easy Steps
Here's the good news:
You can reduce your risk of heart disease with a few important lifestyle changes.
Dr. Deirdre Mattina, preventive cardiologist and director of the Women's Heart Center at Henry Ford Health System, said you can keep your heart health with three important tips.
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1. Reduce sugar. The bottom line here is not to eat too much sugar. Consuming too much sugar is associated with heart disease and stroke. Just be smart about what you're eating for snacks.
2. Reduce salt. Let's face it, fast food or pre-prepared foods have a lot of extra sodium and it's not good for you. Too much sodium can cause high blood pressure. Over time, high blood pressure can damage the kidneys, brain and heart.