“While some risk factors cannot be changed, others can be controlled or modified to create a more heart-healthy lifestyle by…”.1
Umbrella
What may the Healthy Heart Umbrella include?
Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Healthy Heart
- Heart Disease Prevention
- Heart Healthy Diet/Eating
- Heart Healthy Lifestyle
Risk Factors
Is there an association between risk factors and a healthy heart?
In Listen To Your Heart: Learn About Heart Disease – What Are Your Risk Factors for Heart Disease? the (United States) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) elaborate on:
- Having high blood pressure
- Having high blood cholesterol
- Unhealthy lifestyle
- Being overweight or obese
- Diabetes and prediabetes
- Smoking
- Being physically inactive
- Having a family history of early heart disease
- Having a history of preeclampsia during pregnancy
- Unhealthy diet
- Age (55 or older for women)
Family history of early heart disease is a risk factor that can’t be changed. If your father or brother had a heart attack before age 55, or if your mother or sister had one before age 65, you are more likely to get heart disease yourself”.2
Protect Your Heart
How can we protect our heart?
In Protect Your Heart the World Heart Federation elaborate on:
Here are a few tips on how to control those risk factors and protect your heart:
- Get active…
- Stop smoking and protect yourself from tobacco…
- Eat healthily…
- Maintain a healthy weight…
- Know your numbers…
- Know the warning signs
- Carefully take your medication
- Keep track of your achievements and progress…”.3
In Listen To Your Heart: Learn About Heart Disease – Take Action for Your Heart Health? the NHLBI explain:
Being more physically active and eating a healthy diet are important steps for your heart health. You can make the changes gradually, one at a time. But making them is very important.
Here’s some things you can do now for your heart health:
- Move more
- Improve your nutrition and eat healthier
- Check your heart health stats/numbers
- Improve sleep and reduce stress
- Stop smoking
- Aim for a healthy weight
So, the message is clear: Every woman needs to take her heart disease risk seriously—and take action now to reduce that risk”.4
Know Your Numbers
What numbers do I need to know for a healthy heart?
In Know Your Numbers? They Could Just Save Your Life: Start By Knowing Your Numbers Go Red for Women note:
Your heart depends on it”.5
Health Care Provider
What if I would like help with a healthy heart?
If you would like help with a healthy heart, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this. Together you can discuss your options and if required, agree on who may be the most appropriate health care provider to help you.
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This Links List to third party websites is neither comprehensive nor exhaustive. Inclusion on this Links List does not imply endorsement or recommendation. Non-inclusion on this Links List does not imply non-endorsement or non-recommendation. Third party websites are not under the control of Meno Martha International Menopause Directory. Third party websites may contain explicit medical images and/or sexual references. Please read Meno Martha International Menopause Directory’s Links Policy before proceeding to a Link. Please contact Webmaster if you experience a problem with a Link.- 5 Easy Ways To Keep Tabs on Heart Health
- 5 Things To Do Every Day To Keep Your Heart Healthy
- 6 Things Every Woman Should Know About Heart Health
- 7 Habits Make for A Healthy Heart — and Brain, Too
- 8 Steps To Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke – Infographic
- Alcohol
- Alcohol and Heart Health
- American Heart Association Recommendations for Physical Activity In Adults
- Causes and Prevention of Heart Disease
- Consumer Health: Eating Nuts for Heart Health
- Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Explained – A British Menopause Society Video
- Diabetes and Heart Disease
- Diabetes and Your Heart
- Don’t Get Tricked By These 3 Heart-Health Myths
- Exercise To Prevent Heart Disease
- Fats
- Fish Versus Fish Oil for Heart Health
- Fitness
- Flu Shots: Especially Important If You Have Heart Disease
- Food Diary – How To Keep Track of What You Eat
- For Women: The FDA Gives Tips To Prevent Heart Disease [Food and Drug Administration, United States]
- Goredforwomen.org [Go Red for Women, United States]
- Healthy Body: Lower Your Cholesterol
- Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating To Protect Your Heart
- Healthy Heart for Life: Avoiding Heart Disease
- Healthy Lifestyle
- Healthy Living
- Heart Doctor Explains Cholesterol Levels
- Heart Health
- Heart Health: Conversation Starters
- Heart Health Information In Your Language: Healthy Eating Information
- Heart Health Information In Your Language: Healthy Heart Habits
- Heart Health Information In Your Language: Smoking and Your Heart Health
- Heart Health Information In Your Language: Women and Heart Disease
- Heart Health for Women
- Heart Health for Women
- Heart Health for Women [+ Video: Getting A Beat on What Women Know About Heart Health]
- Heart-Check Certified Recipes
- Heart-Healthy Diet: 8 Steps To Prevent Heart Disease
- Heart-Healthy Foods: Shopping List
- Heart-Healthy Living
- Heart-To-Heart: Talking To Your Doctor
- Heartburn: What You Need To Know
- Home Remedies: Lifestyle Changes Can Help Your Heart Health
- How Does Sleep Affect Your Heart Health?
- How To Make Healthy Food and Healthy Lifestyle Choices Now
- How To Prevent Heart Disease After Menopause
- Infographic: Exercise Is Medicine
- Infographic: Treat Your Heart As A House
- Infographic: Women and Heart Disease
- Keep Your Heart Healthy
- Know Your Numbers? They Could Just Save Your Life
- Know Your Risk
- Listen To Your Heart: Learn About Heart Disease – What Are Your Risk Factors for Heart Disease?
- Making Mayo’s Recipes: Two Days’ Worth of Heart-Healthy Menus
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Are Eggs and Aspirin Good or Bad for Your Heart? [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Brush Your Way To Heart Health [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Does Eating Red Meat Affect Heart Health? [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Fat Is Not Inert – It’s Active [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: How the Thyroid Affects the Heart [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Myth-Busting Heart Health [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Reduce Salt To Improve Heart Health [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Sitting At Home Is Worse for Your Heart [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Sleep and Your Heart [+ Video]
- Mayo Clinic Minute: ‘The Four A’s of Food for Heart Health’ [+ Video]
- Mayo Mindfulness: Tackle Stress, Anxiety and Depression To Benefit Your Heart
- Mental Health and Your Heart
- My Life Check | Life’s Simple 7
- NIH-Supported DASH Diet Tops Rankings for “Heart-Healthy” and “Healthy Eating” [National Institutes of Health, United States]
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Cardiovascular Disease
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Chelation for Coronary Heart Disease What You Need To Know
- Omega-3 In Fish: How Eating Fish Helps Your Heart
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids: Can They Cause Heart Disease?
- Physical Activity and Your Heart
- Quit Tobacco Today! [+ Video: Meet Florence – She Can Help You Quit Tobacco!]
- Recipes [American Heart Association]
- Red Wine and Resveratrol: Good for Your Heart?
- Smokefreewomen [United States]
- Smoking
- Steps To Improve Heart Health During Pandemic
- Stress Management
- The Heart Truth
- Time To Follow Your Heart
- Time To Get Moving
- Transfat Is Double Trouble for Your Heart Health
- Tuesday Tips: 9 Ways To Make the Mediterranean Diet Work for You
- Video Series-2020 – What Women Need To Know About Heart Disease
- Vitamin D Is Good for the Bones, But What About the Heart?
- WISEWOMAN
- What Is Meant By the Term Heart Age?
- What Is the Mediterranean Diet?
- What It Means To Go Red for Women
- What the Heart Has To Do With the Head
- What’s Your Heart Age?
- Women Take Charge of Their Health
- Women’s Heart Health: The Heart of the Matter
- Women’s Wellness: How Jobs Affect Women’s Heart Health [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
- World Heart Day 29 September
Sources
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You may find the Sources quoted at:
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- Staying Healthy At Menopause and Beyond: 9. North American Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org/for-women/menopauseflashes/women’s-health-and-menopause/staying-healthy-at-menopause-and-beyond Accessed: 21 December 2020
- Listen To Your Heart: Learn About Heart Disease – What Are Your Risk factors for Heart Disease? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth/listen-to-your-heart Accessed: 21 December 2020
- Protect Your Heart. 30 May 2017. World Heart Federation https://www.world-heart-federation.org/resources/protect-your-heart/ Accessed: 21 December 2020
- Listen To Your Heart: Learn About Heart Disease – Take Action for Heart Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth/listen-to-your-heart Accessed: 21 December 2020
- Know Your Numbers? They Could Just Save Your Life: Start By Knowing Your Numbers. Go Red for Women https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/know-your-risk/know-your-numbers Accessed: 21 December 2020