How can women reduce their risk of heart disease?
Heart disease begins decades before symptoms develop, so prevention is the best way to reduce a woman's risk. Watch cardiologist Suzanne Steinbaum, DO, explain how diet, exercise, reducing stress and not smoking are imperative for a healthy heart.
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And understand that if you maintain a healthy life from the beginning, you'll never get heart disease.
As I said, it takes decades and decades to develop. So prevention should start as early as possible.
All women have to understand that heart disease doesn't begin later in life. It begins decades and decades before it develops.
So preventing heart disease, it's got to start in your 20s. You have to pay attention to your diet and exercise.
Stay away from cigarettes. There's absolutely no room for smoking. And understand that if you maintain a healthy life
from the beginning, you'll never get heart disease. As I said, it takes decades and decades to develop.
So prevention should start as early as possible. It's really about diet, eating a diet healthy
filled with fruits and vegetables, low in saturated fats, and also maintaining
a regular and routine exercise program. And guess what, you have to protect yourself from stress
and really figure out a way to manage stress in your life. It's also about how you perceive things,
whether you're optimistic or pessimistic, and really how you choose to tackle the world. All of this matters.
And the earlier you learn it, the better it will be for you, and the better it will be for your heart. [AUDIO LOGO]
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