Live Smart. Love Your Heart.
Practical, doctor-backed guidelines for a heart-healthy life.
1
Daily Activity Keeps Your Heart Strong
Get Moving Every Day
Staying active is one of the best things
you can do for your heart. Just 30
minutes of moderate exercise a day
— like brisk walking — helps reduce
blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels,
and manage weight.
Staying active is one of the best things
you can do for your heart. Just 30
minutes of moderate exercise a day
— like brisk walking — helps reduce
blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels,
and manage weight.
Key Targets & Facts
Aim for 150+ minutes of moderate activity per week
Or 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week
Include muscle-strengthening activity on 2 days a week
2
Diet Shapes Risk Over Decades
Eat for Your Heart
What you eat shapes your heart risk
more than any single food does. Build
meals around vegetables, legumes,
wholegrains, fruit, nuts and oily fish,
and keep salt under 5 grams a day —
most of it hides in processed food.
What you eat shapes your heart risk
more than any single food does. Build
meals around vegetables, legumes,
wholegrains, fruit, nuts and oily fish,
and keep salt under 5 grams a day —
most of it hides in processed food.
Key Targets & Facts
Five serves of vegetables and two of fruit daily
Keep salt under 5 grams a day
Choose wholegrains, legumes, nuts and oily fish
3
The Single Biggest Change You Can Make
Stop Smoking
Quitting is the single biggest change
most smokers can make for their heart.
Risk begins falling within days and
keeps falling for years. Combining
medication with counselling roughly
doubles your chance of success.
Quitting is the single biggest change
most smokers can make for their heart.
Risk begins falling within days and
keeps falling for years. Combining
medication with counselling roughly
doubles your chance of success.
Key Targets & Facts
Heart attack risk starts falling within days of quitting
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Medication plus counselling roughly doubles success
4
The Damage You Cannot Feel
Know Your Numbers
High blood pressure and high cholesterol
both do damage silently — you cannot
feel either one. Both are found on
simple tests and both respond well to
treatment. Ask your doctor what your
numbers are, and what they should be.
High blood pressure and high cholesterol
both do damage silently — you cannot
feel either one. Both are found on
simple tests and both respond well to
treatment. Ask your doctor what your
numbers are, and what they should be.
Key Targets & Facts
Hypertension is defined as 140/90 or above
Ask for a full lipid profile, not just total cholesterol
Lipoprotein(a) is a once-in-a-lifetime blood test
Take the First Step Toward a Healthier Heart
Your heart deserves the best care. Early action can prevent serious heart condition
schedule a consultation and take control of your health today.
Your heart, your health.
Care that puts you first.
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