5 Essential Habits for a Healthy Heart

By Amy Zerello
Resolve to attain a better understanding of heart disease factors that you can control.
Heart Disease Risk: Smoking
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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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