Top 5 Nutritional Tips to Decrease Your Risk of a Heart Attack

Post author:Dr John Dempster
Post published:February 25, 2015
Post category:Blog

February is heart month – and it’s not because of Valentine’s Day. Rather, this is the month for spreading awareness for improving heart health in North America. This could not be a timelier task. Despite many advances in the field of cardiovascular medicine 1 in 3 deaths are still caused by heart attacks and/or stroke. Even more alarming is that the CDC states at least 1/3rd of these deaths are preventable due to diet and lifestyle. That is 220,000 preventable deaths in North America PER YEAR. Clearly, this is not a small number and an area that has a big window for improvement.
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