Maintaining a healthy diet low in fat, salt, and processed foods while high in fibre from fruits and vegetables can help reduce risks to heart health. Getting regular exercise of at least 30 minutes per day of moderate activity is also important. Portion control and maintaining a healthy body weight, especially around the waist, through diet and exercise can further help lower blood pressure and risks of heart attack and stroke. Reducing stress through approaches like meditation, exercise, healthy eating, and humor can also benefit heart health by reducing internal stress on the body.

1. 1 Healthy Diet
Try and keep a healthy diet that's low in fat, low in sodiumor salt, and high in
FIBRE
So things like lots fruits and vegetables to get your FIBRE
fresh foods to avoid the salt, try to stay away fromfried foods
and processed foods as much as possible.
Steinberg says it's critical to read your nutrition facts table and ingredients list
closely.
A few things to look for: a low sodiumfood contains
200 milligrams or less per serving. Limit your total
daily sodiumintake to between 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams,
or abouthalf a teaspoon. For TRANSFAT, the label should read zero.
But beware, somefoods may contain
TRANSFATin the ingredient list without showing up on the label.
So avoid foods containing partially hydrogenated oils and shortenings.
Limit your total fat to no more than 30 percent
of your total calories for the whole day, which includes healthy fats like omega-3s.
For FIBRE, you need 21 grams per day,
so reach for fruits and veggies in their solid form, as well as
whole grain cereals and breads.
2 Avoid Smoking
two would BETO avoid smoking, absolutely. If you don'tsmoke,
you don't want to start. And if you do smoke, you wantto quit.
Smoking is related to about one in five deaths fromheart disease.

2. Itcan damage blood vessels, decreasethe amount of oxygen to the heart and
boostblood pressure. :.
3 Keep an Active Lifestyle
For some people, that means going to the gymon a regular basis
For other people, that doesn'treally work for them.
That means finding something that does. Thirty minutes of moderate activity,
meaning your heart rate is elevated
is recommended everyday .And that goes hand in hand .
4 Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight
Steinberg says, portion controlis key .We do know that a
healthy body weight is important for reducing your risk of heart
attack and stroke,and it helps to keep your blood pressure
under control. When it comes to waist circumference, men should not exceed
102 centimeters, and women should not exceed 88 centimeters.
5 Reduce Your Stress
External stresscanput internal stresslikeoxidativestress asway.Your bodydoesreactto thingsyour
brainsends outdifferenthormoneswhenyou're stressed.Approaches thathave beenshown
to work include meditation, exerciseandhealthyeating.Andlaughterdoesn'thurteither.