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Men need to take closer look at lifestyle to avoid heart diseaseDate: 01/06/2007 09:25:59
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Men need to adapt their eating habits and do more exercise to cut down their risk of developing heart disease, Heart Research UK has claimed.
Heart disease is currently responsible for more deaths among men than women - with one in four men, compared to one in six women dying of cardiovascular-related illnesses including heart attacks, the charity revealed.
Denise Armstrong, lifestyle manager for Heart Research UK said the main reason behind this trend was men's complacency with regard to diet and exercise habits.
"It's generally called 'middle aged spread' men just take it as read that it's going to happen and that there's nothing they can do about it, when usually it's down to a more affluent lifestyle," she said.
"It's not just lifestyle [that endangers men more than women] women are actually protected by the hormone oestrogen, so we actually have an advantage over men anyway."
"Men tend to not see doctors as much as women, and not have as many cholesterol or blood pressure checks."
She also encouraged men to examine their lifestyles carefully in order to take positive steps to tackle the issue by cutting down on saturated fats and salts - adding that 85 per cent of men eat too much salt and risk clogging up their arteries as a result.
"Try to keep an eye on your waistline Exercise is very important as well," she insisted.
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