Diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death causing a higher mortality than cancer. Coronary heart disease is accountable for 1 in 5 deaths. Some 7 million men and 6 million women are living with some form of coronary heart disease in the United States alone.

Around 1.3 million people suffer a new or recurring coronary attack every year, and about 40% of them die as a result of the attack. This means that roughly every 65 seconds, an American dies of a coronary event.

Heart disease can affect people who are living healthily and taking all the pre-emptive measures, but it is more likely to affect people whose lifestyle places a better burden on their heart. Many people have factors in their life that will add to the risk of heart disease in the future.

Eliminating these factors decreases the risk. Cardiovascular disease prevention is not difficult. It is mainly a matter of common sense and making the right lifestyle choices. It may not make sure your heart remains healthy for the rest of your life, but it will absolutely increases the chances that it will do so.

Prevent Heart Disease: -

• Eat a diet low in fat, especially animal fats and palm and coconut oils.
• Choose a diet moderate in salt and sodium.
• Maintain or improve your weight.
• Eat plenty of grain products, fruits and vegetables.
• Eliminate fried foods and replace them with baked, steamed, boiled, broiled, or microwave foods.
• Cook with oils which are low in fat and saturated fat like corn, safflower, sunflower, soybean, cottonseed, olive, canola, peanut and sesame oils. Stay away from oils and shortenings that are high in fat and saturated fat.
• Smoked, cured, salted and canned meat, poultry and fish are high in salt. Eat unsalted fresh or frozen meat, poultry and fish.
• Replace fatty cuts of meat with lean cuts of meat or low-fat meat alternatives.
• In recipes requiring one whole egg try two egg whites as a lower fat alternative.
• Replace sour cream and mayonnaise with plain low-fat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, or low-fat sour cream and mayonnaise.
• Substitute hard and processed cheeses for low-fat, low-sodium cheeses.
• Use herbs and spices as seasoning for vegetables and potatoes instead of salt and butter.
• Replace white bread, white rice, and cereals made with white flour with whole-wheat bread, long-grain rice, and whole-grain cereals.
• Substitute snacks high in salt and fat with low-fat, low salt snacks. Cut-up vegetables and fruits are a quick healthy snack.

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