Risks of cardiovascular disease
- Created by: Kathryn Green
- Created on: 05-12-12 11:28
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- How to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
- reducing salt
- salt causes the kidneys to retain water.
- higher fluid levels in the blood results in elevated blood pressure which increases the risk of of CVD
- salt causes the kidneys to retain water.
- reduce blood pressure through medication
- Healthy diet
- reducing salt
- salt causes the kidneys to retain water.
- higher fluid levels in the blood results in elevated blood pressure which increases the risk of of CVD
- salt causes the kidneys to retain water.
- what constitutes as a healthy diet
- Reduced saturated fat
- more polyunsaturated fat
- Reduced Cholesterol
- balanced energy budget
- lower BMI or waist to hip ratio
- more non-starch polysaccharides
- found to lower blood cholesterol
- more omega-3
- reduces heart disease and joint inflamation
- type of fatty acids
- found in the brain
- more fruit and veg
- contain antioxidents
- and non-starch polysaccharides
- contain antioxidents
- balanced energy budget
- lower BMI or waist to hip ratio
- reducing salt
- reduce blood cholesterol through medication
- exersice
- reducing risk after a heart attack
- stop smoking
- reducing salt
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