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Women who smoke risk having a heart attack
19 years
earlier than nonsmoking women.
Approximately
30 percent
of the people who die
from heart disease each year ARE SMOKERS.
SECONDHAND SMOKE increases the risk of coronary
heart disease by
25 percent.
Matters of the
heart
FACTS ON HEART DISEASE
Research suggests that
THOSE WHO STAY
UP LATE
may be more prone to heart
disease—even if they get eight
hours’ sleep.
Also, in one study,
WOMEN WHO SLEPT FIVE
HOURS OR LESS
a night were 39 percent
more likely to develop heart
disease than those women who got
eight hours.
CT scans of mummies reveal that
heart disease was surprisingly
frequent in ancient Egypt.
1 in 10
women aged 45 to 64 already has some
form of heart disease.
According to one study, nearly
one-fourth
of women who died of heart disease were between
the ages of 35 and 44.
Heart disease kills
10 times
more women than breast
cancer each year, and more than all other cancers combined.
A large dinner with HIGH FAT AND
CARBOHYDRATE COUNTS can
constrict blood vessels, increasing
the risk of blood clotting.
HEART-HEALTHY FOODS include:
• Salmon or tuna
• Ground flaxseed
• Oatmeal
• Black or kidney beans
• Almonds
• Walnuts
• Red wine
• Brown rice
• Blueberries
Considering...
LAUGHING relaxes and expands blood vessels, which helps protect the
heart, and NEGATIVE EMOTIONS and depression are risk factors for heart
attack and stroke, we can conclude that HAPPIER PEOPLE are LESS LIKELY
TO DEVELOP heart disease.
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