Heart Disease and You - Episode 88

<p>On this episode of Living Beyond 120, Dr. Jeff Gladden and Dr. Mark Young discuss the heart disease.</p> <p>They kick of the show revealing that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for males and females – regardless of race or ethnicity.  They continue with the fact that one person dies from heart disease related illness every 36 seconds – that’s 650,000 American deaths every year.  Of the top five causes of death in the United States, heart disease makes up 25% of the fatalities every year.</p> <p>Next, Dr. Gladden and Dr. Young go on to cover the comorbidities of heart disease, such as obesity, high cholesterol, arterial sclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and high sugar intake.</p> <p>Finally, they go on to discuss how simple steps can be taken to decrease the chances of heart disease:  exercise, losing weight, decreasing sugar intake and, depending on genetics, decreasing salt intake.</p>