Saturday, January 1, 2011

Heart disease is lifestyle-related and food-related

One little known fact about heart disease is...

“Ninety per cent of coronary heart disease stem from nine factors that are lifestyle-related and, hence, avoidable. They are high cholesterol levels, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, alcohol drinking, obesity, lack of exercise, a diet lacking in fruits and vegetables and stress,” said Dr Terrance Chua, Deputy medical director of National Heart Centre Singapore, in the article “Reading the heart” by POON CHIAN HUI in Mind Your Body of the Straits Times dated 30 December 2010, Thursday.

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