04/03/2025
These 5 factors of cardiovascular health can add 10 healthy years to your life span! Endeavor to improve the following: blood pressure, low density cholesterol, A1c, obesity, and smoking status.
We know it's tiring to make more than one lifestyle change at a time. Many experts recommend picking one or two lifestyle changes, and focusing on them. Sometimes, however, making one change will help you with another problem.
For example:
1. Lowering your average blood glucose and A1c often also improves body composition, especially in the belly area. Some people also improve their cholesterol by improving their A1c; others may need medication to do so.
2. Stopping smoking will often lower your blood pressure at the same time (and decrease your risk of stroke.)
Study estimates the global lifetime risk and benefits of modifying cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, smoking, and obesity by age 50, showing significant improvements in both life expectancy and quality of life. It highlights the importance of early intervention and midlife changes in pr...
