Lifestyle has a huge effect on your health and wellbeing.

This is especially true for your heart and cardiovascular health. Change isn’t as drastic or as hard as you might think. Just a few small habitual adjustments and you could alter your health now as well as into the future.

Tips for a healthier heart

• Base your caloric intake on your body, not the recommendations on the labels of 2000 calories a day. That’s an average. Your needs may be higher or lower depending on body size, composition, and goals.
• Aim for 150 minutes of cardiovascular activity a week. This can be spread out throughout the entire week if need be.
• Limit saturated fats and trans fats.
• Eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, fish and chicken, legumes and nuts, and stick with vegetable oils.
• Eat less nutrient poor foods (processed, packaged, chemical laden)
• Eat a variety of fish at least 2x a week.
• Choose low sodium options and switch from table salt to pink salt.
• Drink alcohol only in moderation. No more than 2 drinks per day as a man and 1 drink per day for women.
• Live a tobacco free lifestyle. This includes vaping.
• Avoid second hand smoke.
• Reduce stress as much as you can.
• Get regular checkups with your physician.
• Control your blood pressure. Check it often and if it consistently comes in high, ask for help.

Tampa Cardiovascular Associates of Tampa Bay, Florida wants you to be healthy. We are here for you no matter what level of heart health you are currently at. Call us at 813-975-2800 or visit us on the web at WWW.TAMPACARDIO.COM to learn more about our practice and our physician cardiologists.

We offer a huge array of services including Cardiology, Vein Treatment, and Nutritional Services.