Simple Lifestyle Changes That Could Save Your Life

By exercising just 30-60 minutes a day can help you manage your weight. Managing your weight can reduce your risk of other conditions that put strain on your heart. So, get up and get moving. Go on walks, do some new outdoor activities, invite your friends and family make it a group effort to stand up against heart disease. 

Take control of what you and your family are eating. Make sure you are eating plenty of the good stuff like fruits and vegetables. Also, make sure you are limiting the bad stuff like alcohol, salt and too many sugars. 

Stress can lead to unhealthy coping habits like drinking and smoking which then lead to other problems and heart disease. Take a minute to evaluate your stress, are you always running late and becoming frazzled running out of the door? Wake up just 10 minutes earlier and save yourself the stress. Are you overwhelmed with your work load? Take the time to write out what you have to do each day to get it done in a timely manner and reduce your stress. 

Go for that annual physical, convince your family to go for that annual physical, or better yet go together! Getting a physical can help detect little problems in your health that can easily be fixed before they turn into something more serious. Keeping your health in check can help you avoid life threatening heart and overall health problems.