There are simple, everyday things you can do to help maintain proper heart health. Among these are:

• Not smoking
• Maintaining a healthy height-to-weight ratio
• Eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetable and whole grains
• Limiting the consumption of total and saturated fat
• Exercising regularly
• Working with your physician to monitor cholesterol, blood pressure, homocysteine and C-reactive protein levels
• Starting a complete nutritional supplementation program designed to help maintain proper cardiovascular health