Is Your Life Style Killing You?
By John Carlson |
The topic most patients hate to hear from their medical provider is that they need to change their “life style.”
Why is this? There is over whelming evidence that life style modification SAVE LIVES!
Numerous medical studies have reconfirmed the American Heart Association’s stance that reducing modifiable risk factors and improving treatments will lead to a reduction in coronary heart disease. The risk factors for heart disease that we should have control over are; cigarette smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, high cholesterol, hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes mellitus.
Either the education about the prevention is not communicated clear to our patients, or as I believe, the human condition prevents people from making changes. Face it, many of us do not like change. |
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| A Little Cardio Goes a Long Way |
Do you miss the days of getting off the bus and playing outside until your mom called you in for dinner? You had boundless energy back then and seemed to always feel great. The good news is that we all have the potential to feel that that way again by adding cardiovascular exercise into our daily routine. Working out as an adult can have the same effects as playing outside when we were young. Some may think you have to be an athlete and train all the time to see results. This is not true. Many studies have shown that ANY increase in activity (especially in sedentary people) can benefit health.
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Could One Single Factor Help Prevent Heart Disease, Diabetes, Stroke AND Cancer?
By
BARRY HULL, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
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As
a family practice doctor and lipid specialist, I have
seen many patients who are confused about heart disease
risks, and the factors that contribute to other diseases
as well.
We
know that approximately 1 million people suffer from
a heart attack each year. One third of those people don’t
survive the attack, and nearly half of those people never
have chest pain or any cardiac event such as bypass surgery
or angioplasty. Their only warning signs were the heart
attack itself.
Oddly
enough, the same risk factors for heart disease are
also risk factors for diabetes, stroke and cancer.
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