Healthy Eating: It starts here! Too much saturated fat and bad food can clog up your arteries and put a strain on your heart. Eating fish, poultry and vegetables etc can help.

Be More Active: Half an hour a day makes all the difference and this can be included in your daily routine.  Start off gently and build-up gradually. 

Be Smoke Free: From the moment you stop smoking, the risk of heart attack starts to reduce and is halved after one year of stopping smoking. 

Reduce Alcohol: Binge drinking will increase your risk of having another heart attack. See here for guidelines on alcohol intake.

Trim Excess Weight: By eating a balanced diet, drinking alcohol with moderation and increasing your levels of physical activity, you can maintain a healthy body and heart.

Heart disease and stroke are the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. In line with the recent World Heart Day, let’s all do what we can day daily to keep our hearts beating strong.