Lifestyle changes to prevent heart disease

• Engaging in five healthy lifestyle habits could prevent nearly 80 percent of first-time heart attacks in men
• The five healthy habits include eating healthy, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy waist circumference, not smoking, and limiting your alcohol intake
• Past research also found that 90 percent of heart disease cases are completely preventable by modifying diet and lifestyle factors
• Separate research also found that people who ate fruit daily had a 40 percent lower risk of heart disease, but you should be careful not to eat it in excess
• Metformin, a popular diabetes drug, is linked to low thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in people with hypothyroidism, which may lead to heart problems

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