February is Heart Healthy Month. This makes it the perfect time to learn about your risk for heart disease and tips to help your heart. Therefore, we have put together a few tips for a healthy heart.

Tips for a Healthy Heart

The following are just a few tips for a healthy heart:

Visit Your Doctor

Visit your doctor here at Brashear Family Medical. We can check your blood pressure and blood lipids (like cholesterol).

Additionally, we can discuss diet and medication options to help boost your heart health.

Quit Smoking

The best thing you can do for your heart and overall health is to quit smoking. Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in the U.S.

If you smoke, you have a higher risk of developing many chronic disorders, including atherosclerosis. When you combine smoking with other heart disease risk factors, this increases the risks associated with those factors.

Check Your Weight

Find out your BMI. If you need to lose weight, consider a comprehensive lifestyle change with a combination of the following:

Increase Your Physical Activity

Try to get 2.5 hours of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity each week. You can start small, even 10 minutes at a time make a difference. Also, consider incorporating more movement throughout the day.

Some great ways to increase your physical activity include the following:

Follow a Heart Healthy Diet

You can begin with one or two of the following steps to improve your diet:

These are just a few tips for a healthy heart. For more information on how to improve your heart health during Heart Health Month 2019, contact us here at Brashear Family Medical with the link below!

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