5 Essential Tips for a Healthy Heart
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Dr. Stephanie Coulter shares five essential tips for maintaining a healthy heart.
She highlights the need for at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise weekly and promotes a plant-based diet rich in whole foods. Monitoring blood pressure is crucial, especially for those with a family history of hypertension. Keeping cholesterol levels under 100 is important, as high LDL cholesterol raises heart disease risk. She also emphasizes the importance of monitoring weight and glucose levels.
More heart health tips: https://www.texasheartmedical.org/our-specialties/conditions-diagnostics-treatments/
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