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Heart Health

By Staff Writer

Coronary Disease is one of the big health challenges facing the UK today -

Coronary Disease is one of the big health challenges facing the UK today - along with High Blood Pressure, Type 2 Diabetes and certain forms of cancer.  Not only does heart disease kill many people, it also severely restricts their quality of life.  Once thought of as a man's disease, women are now more at risk as it is the biggest killer of women in the UK as nearly one in four women dies as a result of heart disease.

The main risk factors among women are smoking, the contraceptive pill, changing hormone levels after the menopause, obesity, lack of exercise, diabetes and high cholesterol levels.

Just as your heart works all your life steadily and consistently to keep your body supplied with the nutrients it needs, we should care for our hearts steadily and consistently.  Eat the right foods, avoid the really challenging ones and give your body the right exercise regularly and you will massively reduce your chances of suffering from heart disease. 

We have real, practical, simple solutions for helping all areas of heart health, so read on to find out more..... 

      

 

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