Heart Health: Don't Be a Statistic: Learn How to Prevent Heart Disease Today!

Everyone needs a heart. Just ask the Tin Man from America’s classic musical fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz. Did you know that the heart is able to beat over two billion times in an average lifetime? Moreover, it can pump nearly 100 million barrels of blood during that lifetime. If you were to lay out your blood vessels from end to end, they would reach around the world four times. That’s a lot of vessels! Your cardiovascular system is only one of about a dozen bodily systems helping you physically live. Though they are all important to keeping you healthy, the cardiovascular or circulatory system is a continuous, circular body system that includes the heart, blood, and blood vessels. Its main responsibility is to transport hormones, enzymes, nutrients, and other chemicals throughout the body. Even though the heart is the universal symbol of love, it is also the body’s pump that will keep you alive. Taking care of your heart and blood vessels are of utmost importance to living and living healthy. In the coming pages, you will learn some facts about heart disease, its symptoms, and how to prevent it. You don’t have to be a statistic where one in four Americans dies from heart disease. Just use some of our tips to equip yourself against this deadly disease and live life to its fullest.