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Heart to Heart. Tips for Women.

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This article is not exclusive to women. It is written by a female cardiologist and her advice offered to women still has some relevance to men.

Exercise and diet seem to be the key factors as does check-ups if there is heart disease in the family.
Obviously the recommended diet has to be at the right level of carbohydrates that stabalise your blood sugars because this article is aimed at the general public and is not exclusively for diabetics.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/177646.php

Eating for diabetes is a personal thing. The effect of foods on the glucose levels will depend on the amount of insulin being produced by your body or injected, medications being taken and the level of your insulin response. This varies from person to person. Ask yourself,
.....Do you need to lose weight?
.....Do you have any other illnesses?
.....How much can you afford to spend on food?
.....Your cooking skills? (fresh is best)
.....What do you like and dislike to eat?

Devise a plan that suits you as following someone else may not give you the desired results. Above all test, test, and test again so that you know what foods to avoid.
 
I keep hearing all the time "heart disease in the family" now I am the first in my family to ever get heart disease, does this mean that my children are now at greater risk of getting it too? even though I have 5 my youngest is now 19
 
Hi suffolkboi,
The heart disease connection has to start somewhere.
My boys all have annual check-ups because of my heart attack. My cardiologist advised it. They also have regular cholesterol checks at the GP surgery and they have all decided to eat healthier foods since my diagnosis. "Prevention is better than cure".

Hope this helps,

Catherine.
 
I had a stroke in 2003,( aged 56) which I obviously survived and through HARD WORK, I've wiped most of the after effects. I've only just thought, since reading Catherine's post that there might be a link to the several heart attacks my father suffered and the fact that none of his immediate family( other than himself, my brother and me) has lived beyond the age of 60. Dad made it to 79.
My mother is stil pretty fit at almost 92. I hope I have a few of her good health genes, although the T2 is in her family.
Hana
 
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