What should do now to prevent heart disease?
>Do not smoke. Traditionally, men smoked much more than women but that
>gap has virtually disappeared. (MORE) girls are now smoking than boys
>and, among adults, women are less (LIKELY) to give up than men. (ALTHOUGH) most
>people know tkat smoking can cause lung cancer, many do not realise
>that it is (NOT) a major cause of heart disease. WOmen who smoke can
>also experience the menopause earlier in life and, (SINCE) oestrogen
>helps to protect against heart disease, it means you (MAKE) that
>protection earlier go.
>
>Eat less fat and more fibre. It is (IMPORTANT) to resist fat because we are
>biologically conditioned to find (IT) delicious. Before agriculture
>created (CONSIDERABLE) surpluses, it made good sense for us to feed (ON)
>fat-rich food when it was plentiful and store the excess as body fat
>(COULD) help us over the lean times. But evolution did not design us to
>eat (HIGH) amounts of fat all time.
>
>Up until the(AGE) of 50, women are more protected (AGAINST) heart disease
>than men because, thanks to their reproductive hormones, they have
>higher levels of HDL- the good sort of cholesterol. (HOWEVER) this is only
>relative. young women who eat fatty diets (ARE) storing up trouble.
>Cutting down later- when you (REACH) the dangerous age- will help, but it
>is only damage control. the (TIME) to act is now.
>
>The first step to (CUT) down is to examine your eating (HABITS) honestly.
>Are you really as healthy (AS) you think?