HEART SMARTS

WORK OUT: half an hour a day, five days a week cuts heart risk by 30 percent. find ways of moving, however you can. STRESS RELIEF: make it part of your daily routine. spend time with friends or family. find a way to reduce it and you can drop your risk of hypertension, obesity, high blood sugar and high triglycerides. SEE YOUR DENTIST: gum inflammation triggers your body to produce higher levels of C-reactive protein which can thicken arterial walls, so go twice a year. by C. Noel Bairey Merz, MC, Director of the Women's Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Medicial Center in LA