5 Essential Habits for a Healthy Heart
By Amy Zerello
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Resolve to attain a better understanding of heart disease factors that you can control.
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Heart Disease Turnaround: Smoking
Cigarette smoking may be to blame for one in five cardiovascular disease deaths. Smoking damages blood vessels by lowering good cholesterol (
HDL), complicating blood flow and contributing to high blood pressure. Additionally, smoking is linked to insulin resistance and the cluster of problems that collectively define
metabolic syndrome.
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