Seniors Staying Heart Healthy

Tips from Ralston Wellness Corner

Here is what a heart-healthy lifestyle can do for you:

  • Lower your blood pressure
  • Lower your bad cholesterol and triglyceride (blood fat) levels
  • Ease the stress on your heart
  • Lower your risk of heart attack
  • Lower your risk of stroke
  • Prolong your life

Choosing a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle can even help your medications work more effectively. In some cases you might be able to reduce or eliminate them.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle can prolong your life, strengthen your heart and improve your health, even if you already have some of the risk factors of heart disease which we shared with you over the past two weeks.

Ralston Center has served the needs of the elderly since 1817. Its mission is to foster services, programs, education and research that address the health and quality of life of older adults.

by Barbara Jankowski