5 myths About Heart Disease

TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT HEART DISEASE 120 80 MYTH : If you have MYTH : It's okay to have higher blood pressure MYTH : Heart disease is MYTH: If you have heart MYTH: Diabetes won't threaten heart disease, you really a man's problem. disease, you should eat my heart as long as I take my need to take it easy. when you're older. as little fat as possible. medication. FACT : For the vast FACT : Blood pressure FACT : Heart disease is the FACT: It's true you FACT : Treating diabetes can tends to rise with age, help reduce your risk for or majority of people with heart disease, being leading cause of death in should eat a diet low in but it doesn't mean that women over age 65, just saturated fat and avoid delay the development of sedentary is a bad idea. it is good for you. as it's the leading killer trans fat altogether. cardiovascular diseases. of men. Physical activity helps It happens because But the unsaturated But you're still at increased risk for heart disease because strengthen the heart artery walls become By age 80, 83% of men fats in vegetable oils muscle & improves stiff with age. and 87% of women and other foods are the risk factors that contribute blood flow to the brain. are affected. beneficial. to diabetes onset also make you more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Nutra Business Source : http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/5-myths-about-heart-disease http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Top-10-Myths-about-Cardiovascular-Disease_UCM_430164_Article.jsp Designed and Developed in Public Interest by