February is a month in the Health Calendar that focuses on Heart awareness. This often leads us to automatically think about exercise and how we can improve our cardiovascular system, but what about other aspects of Nutrition and lifestyle for cardiovascular support?
If we look at the latest statistics from the British Heart Foundation, it estimates that over 8 million people are living with with cardiovascular disease in the UK, and it states that 90 per cent of the Coronary Heart Disease burden in the UK is associated with modifiable risk factors, which are often preventable.
So it’s vital that we take some steps to incorporate nutrition and lifestyle changes that can support our cardiovascular health.
