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AUDIO: Dr. Goldberg Shares Her Healthy Heart Tips

By Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Created 01/22/2008 - 18:42

Dr. Nieca Goldberg:
Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of women in our country and 90 percent of the risk for heart disease in women is preventable. What I want all of the women I need or who visit to this podcast do, is to schedule an appointment with their doctor to get their risk factors for heart disease evaluated.

It’s just a physical exam of blood pressure, a blood test for cholesterol and blood sugar and then I want you to find some way that you can start to reduce your risk for heart disease. It may mean starting a smoking cessation program, getting into some aerobic exercise which could be something as simple as a moderate paced walk and then take a good look at what you’re eating and try to decrease the salt in your diet, all it does is raise your blood pressure, cut down your portion size and increase your intake of fruits, vegetables and read food labels because you only want to eat foods that have good fat. Those worth monounsaturated fat that are found in olive including the oil, polyunsaturated fats, omega-3 fats that are found in fish and the next thing you can do is after you get yourself into the program is to encourage a friend and encourage that woman to help another friend get involved in a heart disease prevention program. Nieca Goldberg M.D., cardiologist, author of the award winning book "Women Are Not Small Men: Life Saving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease," recently started her own practice "Total Heart Care" in Manhattan. She is the former Chief of the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Center at Lenox Hill Hospital and a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association. During her time at Lenox Hill, Dr. Goldberg founded the "Women's Heart Program," the only cardiac rehabilitation and prevention program for women in New York City. In addition, she holds the positions of Co-Medical Director of the 92nd Street Y Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine.
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