Healthy Heart Guide

Maintaining a healthy heart involves managing cholesterol, blood pressure and vascular inflammation.

Key heart habits

• The Mediterranean diet: eat plenty of olive oil, fresh vegetables, legumes, whole grains and oily fish (salmon, mackerel).
• Physical activity: aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise (brisk walking, cycling, swimming) each week.
• No smoking: smoking is the single most preventable cause of coronary heart disease. Quitting dramatically reduces risk within a year.