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Risk Factors of Heart Disease
National Wear Red Day is the annual campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in women. Beauties, do you know the risk factors of heart disease?
Despite the many national campaigns, such as National Wear Red Day and Go Red for Women, to educate and raise awareness, Heart disease remains the number one killer for men and women.
The Go Red for Women campaign started in 2004 when the American Heart Association took on the challenge of raising awareness about the number of causes of death in women.
The best way to observe Wear Red Day is to take steps to lower your risk. How? As a woman, do you know what increases your chances of heart disease?
Both male and female heart disease risks with family history, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity are the same. But It’s worth noting again that midlife women are more susceptible to heart disease after menopause. Why?
Low levels of estrogen after menopause
Mental stress and depression
Metabolic Syndrome
Smokers
How to Improve Your Heart Health?
Know your numbers
Quit smoking
Evaluate your lifestyle
Become more active and improve your eating habits. This will help with the risk factors, including stress and chronic health conditions.
Limit alcohol
Get routine physical exams.
Check out my Instagram friends reminding their midlife followers of the importance of knowing the risk factors of heart disease:
Gail: @seasonedfashionistas
Sheila: @sheilas_ah_mazingaging
Janet: @frommybigeyes
Mimi: @_stillstylin_
Kim: @kandidlykim
Deb: @debsellsforyou
Donna: @smarkanicmuscalus
Carolyn: @styleyourbeauti
Angelica: @noelangelica
The American Heart Association gets an A+ for its public service campaigns. Why! There are consistent reminders that cardiovascular disease is still the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths. Remember that most heart disease is preventable with education and healthy lifestyle changes.
Thank you for stopping by, and wishing you a fabulous day.
