What can I do to help prevent heart disease?

Question

I am a 15 year old girl. The three of my grandparents that have died died of heart attacks and my living grandmother is having a pacemaker put in today. Since I'm seemingly destined to heart failure, What can I do to help prevent it?

Answer 1

There is nothing to worry and don't do too much reseach on search engine, and please stop worrying. This topic will help you out OK:

Heart Diseases--Prevention

Heart disease is the leading cause of the death in the U.S. Over one quarter of all deaths are from heart disease. It is also a major cause of disability. The risk of heart disease increases as you age. You have a greater risk of heart disease if you are a man over age 45 or a woman over age 55. You also are at greater risk if you have a close family member who had heart disease at an early age.

Fortunately, there are many things you can do reduce your chances of getting heart disease. You should

* Know your blood pressure and keep it under control
* Exercise regularly
* Don't smoke
* Get tested for diabetes and if you have it, keep it under control
* Know your cholesterol and triglyceride levels and keep them under control
* Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables
* Maintain a healthy weight
FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseasesprevention.html

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Traditionally, we think of excercise as healthy because it brings down cholesterol, makes you loos weight, etc. Cutting edge cardiovascular research is discovering that even more is going on. See, most heart disease occurs when endothelium (the inner layer of coronary arteries) gets dysfunctional. It gets that way with high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, etc. But it has been shown that excercise makes the endothelium much more resistant to these changes. So yes, it helps. Useful tip about excercise. It does not need to be structured. Wwalking the steps at work can be as helpful as buying a home gym. The point is to have at least 30 minutes of excercise a day on most days. The excercise should not make you go out of breath completely, but should provide you with exertion. One way to gauge if you are doing enough is your heart rate. It should get 50% of your normal heart rate for at least those 30 minutes. Another is to pay attention to your breathing. You should not be out of breath enough so you can't talk, but you should not be able to sing. The 30 minute of excercise coud be staggered in three 10-minute intervals. DOing more than thirty minutes helps, upto a point. Studies shown that doing more than an hour a day has shown no additional benefit. Hope that helps!

Answer 5

besides eating healthy and exercising look for foods that help the heart (usually have a heart symbol) like Cheerios for example

Answer 6

Your grandparents probably ate a lot of fat and cholesterol. If you want to keep healthy see your doctor often enough, eat healthy foods, and exercise daily.

Answer 7

Im in the same boat =P, but yes, like everybody says, eat eathly and do alot of cardio excerise

Answer 8

eat healthy food and cut down on the sweets

Answer 9

Don't start to smoke.