Posts Tagged ‘heart healthy’
Health, Fitness & Nutrition
What we eat and the amount of exercise we do all counts towards reducing the risk of heart disease and premature death, heart disease kills more people per year than any other illness so we should do all we can to help keep our heart in good working order.
Heart disease is a term that covers a range of conditions that affect the performance of the heart; the most common of these is ischemic heart disease, this happens when there is insufficient blood supply to the heart which is usually caused by fatty deposits building up in the vessels that supply the blood to the heart.