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Heart Health Month
We can help take care of your heart!
A Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Your heart pumps blood through your entire body, providing the nutrients and oxygen needed for healthy organs and tissue. Even though you don’t have voluntary control over its everyday functions, you can still play a significant role in your heart’s health. In this brochure, we’ll discuss several things you can do to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and reduce your risk of heart disease.
Eat a Nutritious Diet
To keep your heart healthy, make sure you get plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains in your diet, and work toward minimizing fats, salt, cholesterol, and foods high in saturated and trans fats—especially if your blood pressure exceeds 120/80.
Because diets high in cholesterol increase risk for coronary artery disease, you should have a fasting cholesterol test done once every five years (after age 20). Though your doctor may determine you have different goals, the standards are:
- Total Cholesterol: < 200
- LDL (Bad Cholesterol): < 100
- HDL (Good Cholesterol): > 40
- Triglycerides: < 150
Maintain a Healthy Weight
Over 60% of American adults are overweight or obese, and more than 300,000 die prematurely each year due to inactivity and excess pounds. Extra fat around your midsection and/or an unhealthy weight can increase your risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.
Your doctor may take your height and weight and then use a Body Mass Index (BMI) chart to classify you into one of these three categories:
- Healthy: 18.5–25
- Overweight: 25–30
- Obese: > 30
Exercise Regularly
Regular physical activity can lower weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol and improve heart function significantly. Brisk walking, biking, or swimming are all great ways to exercise, but be sure to do enough: aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise 4 or more days each week. If you’re not already exercising, talk with your doctor for a regimen that’s right for you.
Quit Smoking
If you smoke, you’re at serious risk for a form of heart disease called atherosclerosis (clogged blood vessels), as well as heart attacks and sudden cardiac death. If you’ve tried to quit but have started smoking again, don’t be discouraged. Instead, talk with your pharmacist about over-the-counter products that can help (nicotine patches, gums, etc.), or ask your doctor for a prescription medication.
Reduce Stress
Both mental and physical stress can be hard on your body and make your pulse and blood pressure increase. Exercising regularly, getting enough rest, meditating, and talking with friends or family can all help with stress.
Learn More
For more information about heart health, visit fda.gov/hearthealth and hearthub.org; or, speak with your physician or Publix pharmacist.
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These products can help protect your heart
BAYER® and CITRACAL®
BAYER® Low Dose Aspirin can help reduce the risk
- of a heart attack by up to 30% and
- risk of a second heart attack by up to 25% for those at appropriate risk as determined by a doctor.
*Aspirin is not for everyone, so talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Use as directed.
CENTRUM® and CALTRATE®
Centrum® Cardio® — all the nutritional advantages of our
complete multivitamin plus:
- Phytosterols, which may reduce the risk of heart disease by
lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol.‡
- Calcium and folic acid, which may help maintain healthy
blood pressure already within normal range.
‡ Foods or dietary supplements containing at least 400 mg per serving of free phytosterols, taken twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 800 mg, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol. A daily serving of Centrum Cardio® (2 tablets) contains 800 mg of CoroWise™ phytosterols. Centrum Cardio® is not a replacement for cholesterol-lowering prescriptions drugs. If you have elevated cholesterol, consult your doctor for medical advice and treatment.
SUNDOWN® NATURALS
Q-Sorb™ CO Q-10 (200 MG) provides nourishment for the heart and cardiovascular system.
Omega-3 Fish Oil (1200mg) provides omega-3 fatty acids important to a healthy heart and contributes to metabolic and cellular health, important for healthy joints and skin.
Flush-Free Niacin promotes energy, metabolism, and nervous system health.
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