This is a very long article but id love to share it here maybe in several parts.  I find this very informative and am sure it will help anyone of us if not all of us in some way or the other.

This article is written by Sandra Gordon and is printed in the Health and Home Magazine Year 2004.

First tip in here is — BEAT HEART DISEASE

1.  Get your cholesterol tested if you have not in the past five years.  Ideally, your total cholesterol level should be less than 20o mg/dl; the good cholesterol should be 35 mg/dl or higher and the bad cholesterol should be less than 130 nd/dl.

2.  If your total cholesterol is more than 200, set your mind on making lifestyle changes to bring it down, says Dr Michael E.De Bakey, a professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, USA.

3.  Limit fat to no more than 300 percent of calories, says the American Heart Association.  (Someone commented on this that i might have a typo error, but checking out the article it is really 300%.  Not 30%.)

4.  Get your blood pressure checked every two years if yours is normal.  If it’s high, have it checked yearly.

5.  If you have high cholesterol and want to go on the Pill, ask your doctor about formulations that can lower the LDL and raise the HDL.

6.  Post a chart illustrating emergency procedures – such as CPR and the Heimlich maneuver-on the refrigerator. You can check out # 6 information online at www.heimlichinstitute.org/