Heart Disease Prevention Made Easy

With Barbara Roberts, MD, FACC
A Speaking of Women's Health National Speaker
Director, The Women's Cardiac Center at The Miriam Hospital
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
Author of 'How to Keep From Breaking Your Heart - What Every Woman Needs to Know about Cardiovascular Disease '

1.	If you smoke STOP and get help through any one of a number of smoking cessation programs
2.	If your blood cholesterol, blood sugar or blood pressure are high get them down
3.	Exercise for 30 minutes on most days
4.	Eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and olive oil; treat meat as a condiment, not an entree
5.	Maintain normal body weight
6.	Pick your parents wisely (if you can manage that the Nobel Prize Committee will be knocking on your doorstep) Read Heart Health - It's In Your Hands Featured Expert Archive Ask The Expert