Lifestyle choices
There are a number of things you can do to reduce your risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Click on the icons below to learn more about the Lifestyle Changes you can make to keep your heart healthy.
It may be an old adage, but it's absolutely true that it's never too late to change your lifestyle. Even in old age, there are huge benefits to stopping smoking, being more active, limiting alcohol and eating more healthily.
There are a number of things you can do to reduce your risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Click on the icons below to learn more about the Lifestyle Changes you can make to keep your heart healthy.
Having a healthy blood pressure is essential to maintaining a healthy heart.
More than one in ten people living in York are known to have high blood pressure (hypertension), a leading cause of heart attack and stroke.
What’s your blood pressure? Do you know your numbers? Next time you see your doctor or practice nurse, ask them to check.
Having a healthy blood pressure is essential to maintaining a healthy heart...
READ MORE
Giving up smoking is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your...
READ MORE
Cholesterol is a fatty substance known as a lipid and is vital for the normal functioning of the body....
READ MORE
If you’d like free local support to help you lose weight...
READ MORE
People with diabetes have a higher chance of developing cardio...
READ MORE
Exercise is the miracle cure we've always had, but for too long we've neglected to take our recommended dose...
READ MORE
Do you know how much you are drinking? Keep a drinks diary for a week...
READ MORE
We recommend eating a healthy, balanced, high-fibre diet...
READ MORE
Spotting the early signs of stress will also help prevent it getting...
READ MORE
The best way of maintaining a healthy weight – and reduce your chances of developing high blood pressure - is to combine a healthy diet with regular exercise.
That means around 30 minutes of physical exercise on five or more days a week – things like: fast walking, riding a bike, mowing the lawn, hiking and much more.
Regular exercise makes your heart and blood circulatory system more efficient, lowers your cholesterol level, and keeps your blood pressure at a healthy level.
If you're doing no exercise now, start out slow. Even 10 minutes at a time may offer some health benefits. Studies show that people who have achieved even a moderate level of fitness are much less likely to die early than those with a low fitness level.
There’s lots of information about building up and maintaining your fitness on the “live well” pages at NHS Choices.
There are lots of helpful tools you can download to your smartphone to help with changing your lifestyle:
Back to top