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40A. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008. MIDWEEK NATION This page compliments by DR COLIN ALERT Family physician and former medical director of the Heart Foundation MOST PEOPLE don’t think of alcohol or cigarettes as drugs, but these can have devastating consequences on the heart. Marijuana and cocaine wine, such as flavenoids and other antioxidants. are drugs, and these can also have devastating consequences The linkage reported in many of these studies may s to help on the heart. Here are some tip be due to other lifestyle factors, rather than althy alcohol. These factors may include increased you stay heart he physical activity, and a diet high in fruits and Smoking cigarettes and the heart it vegetables, and lower in saturated fats. Inhaling smoke of any kind is dangerous; increasingly Breakfast u don’t usually – a k f a s t even if yo aching for a high e r b t a But it is also known that, over time, the evidence suggests that not only the smoker is affected. e d an y Tr t you re and help preven Smoking is a filthy way of getting a drug (chemical) into the drinking more than three drinks a day will fill you up . ng ni or k in mid m can lead to high blood pressure, heart body. There are many pollutants and carcinogens in fat or sugar snac failure, alcoholic cardiomyopathy cigarette smoke – the American Heart Association notes (enlarged and weakened heart), that there are 4 000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, and no grain Brown toast for w h o l e cardiac arrhythmias and sudden less than 40 of them are carcinogens (cancer causing Swap your white . This al cardiac death. whole grain cere drugs). r e a d, or opt for a r i s k o f h e a r t d i s e a s e. b Current medical Cigarette smoking increases the risk of heart disease; your can help l o w e r smoking cigarettes still causes ten times more heart disease recommendations caution people not to start drinking, if they do than it causes cancer. ought Sandwich not already drink. If you do People who smoke have an increased level of on limited shop-b fats and Rather than rely al im in m ith own w atherosclerosis in their coronary arteries (the blood vessels drink, do so in moderation. This hes, p a c k y o u r nc lu . es bl ta ge means an average of two or less which nourish the heart). 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Fruit creasing your normally at risk of heart problems. to the heart – A great way of in n d v e g is to Older people are at even greater risk because they are Alcohol and the heart and it can intake of f r u i t a n ow more likely to have diseased arteries. Over the past few decades, many studies have been produce these make your . Cram in as s e i It is clear that cocaine is one of the most dangerous h published in medical journals showing that moderate t o o effects more rapidly sm y yo illegal drugs in common use. drinking of alcohol may be associated with reduced much as u fanc lf than tobacco smoking. urse yo z hi w d mortality due to heart disease in some populations. Some an Marijuana causes very a tasty, Marijuana and the heart researchers have suggested that the benefits may be much some of the same effects as healthy Marijuana use can increase the heart rate as much due to the components in red cocaine and cigarettes, but perhaps the treat. as 50 per cent, thus making the heart work a lot harder. It effects on the heart are less potent than can cause chest pain in people who have a poor blood supply cocaine. S for ensuring THREE TOP TIP s on a new exercise es stick-to-it succ e. programm ific cise for a spec ONE: Plan exer . time of the day . t with a partner TWO: Work ou enjoyable re Exercise is mo also harder ’s It . d n ding with a frie meone is depen so en to quit wh on you. ave slowly. If you h THREE: Start ve to fi start with only been inactive, work up to more d ten minutes an more fit. et g u time as yo