Live to Age 90?: American Heart's 7 Steps to the Fountain of Youth

The American Heart Association introduces the My Life Check quiz to help you live longer and healthier. According to Drs. Nancy Brown and Clyde Yancy, CEO and president of the AHA, the Simple 7 is a list of inexpensive and simple action steps to prevent heart disease. They also say that by following these guidelines at age 50, you could live to age 90 free of heart disease and stroke! That means it's never too late to start doing better.


The Simple 7: How to Dodge the #1 and #2 Causes of Death in the U.S.


1. Exercise

2. Get your total cholesterol under 200

3. Eat a heart healthy, balanced diet

4. Keep your blood pressure levels normal (less than 120/80)

5. Maintain a healthy weight

6. Lower your fasting blood sugar level to less than 100

7. Quit smoking



Find Out Where You Stand:


You can take the quiz to find out where you stand. As this blog post is being written, about 11, 000 people have taken this quiz and made the pledge to lead a heart healthy lifestyle. This number is sure to grow to millions quickly. Will you join them now?


Where to Get Advice and Solutions:


MyHeartPatientDiet.com is a resource you can use for practical and realistic advice for people to maintain a healthy heart, whether you are already a heart patient or not. Subscribe to the site to get updates on heart health news, recipes, sample meal plans and more.

Here are some questions that MyHeartPatientDiet.com can answer for you if you want to follow the Simple 7:

1. How can I increase my metabolism and lose weight?

2. How can I follow a cholesterol-lowering diet?

3. How can I lower my blood pressure naturally?

4. Where can I find sample heart healthy meal plans that are cheap and easy to follow?

5. Is it safe for me to exercise with heart a heart condition? (Scroll to end of article)


Share Your Committment:


After you have taken the My Life Check quiz, visit this post again and drop us a line in the comments section to share your thoughts, questions or just to voice your committment to living healthier. Chances are that you either have heart disease or know someone with it. Share this post with them to encourage them to start making a change.



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