Cherish Your Heartbeat
Your loved ones capture your heart every day. The best way to cherish them is to manage your risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
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Cherish your heartbeat by managing risk factors for heart disease and stroke, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. Managing your health and risk factors can help towards a longer, healthier life spent with loved ones, celebrating life’s milestones and creating lasting memories.
Work with a health care professional on a plan that works for you. Take action today:
- Know Your Numbers: Track your cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes numbers to help determine your overall risk for heart attack and stroke. For most people, healthy levels are:
- Total Cholesterol: 150 mg/dL or lower
- Blood Pressure: Less than 120/80 mm Hg
- Blood Sugar (Glucose): Less than 100 mg/dL
- Nurture Your Health & Well-being
- Choose nourishing food, emphasizing fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, lean protein and fish.
- Stay active and aim to get at least 150 minutes of moderate, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, or a combination of those, each week.
- Manage stress to manage your health.
- Eliminate tobacco products.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Take Medication as Prescribed and talk with your health care team if you have questions.
Learn more about each risk factor and take action today
Blood Pressure
Take control with self monitoring.
Cholesterol
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Find out why your cholesterol numbers matter.
Diabetes
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Understand your risk for heart disease and stoke when living with type 2 diabetes.
Doctor, It's Been Too Long.
It’s time to check up on your health, and the health of those you love. Loving your family means making sure your parents maintain their doctor's appointments.
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