“Getting an annual flu vaccine is the first and best way to protect yourself and your family from the flu. Flu vaccination can reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations.”

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Your stroke treatment begins the moment emergency medical services (EMS) arrives to take you to the hospital. Once at the hospital, you may receive emergency care, treatment to prevent another stroke, rehabilitation to treat the side effects of stroke, or all three.”

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“When suffering from a stroke every minute counts. More brain cells are lost every minute a stroke goes untreated because blood flow is being restricted and blocked from the brain. The quicker the victim is able to seek medical assistance the less damage.”

RMstrokes.com

“The risk of having a stroke more than doubles each decade after the age of 55.”

American Heart Association

“A “mini-stroke” or “transient ischemic attack” (TIA) occurs when there is a temporary drop in the blood supply to the brain. This can be caused by a variety of reasons, and deprives the brain of oxygen. A person experiences stroke-like symptoms, although they don’t last as long but know this, 10-15 percent of TIA patients have a full-blown stroke within 3 months. ”

MedicalNewsToday.com

_{Many things can affect the b/p levels & cholesterol levels. Some can be changed and some cannot.   We can change 3 things.  You can change, anyone can change, it’s up to you in deciding whether to do it or not and being able to discipline yourself with having the power to do it. They are:}

1-Diet — Foods high in saturated fat and cholesterol can increase cholesterol levels. 

2-Weight — Being overweight can increase your cholesterol levels.

3-Exercise — People who are not active tend to have higher cholesterol levels.   

These 3 things can prone you to high blood pressure (B/P), a stroke, & cardiac disease and even other diseases.  I had a dear friend 2 to 3 yrs ago who I’ve known almost 35 years that survived coronary artery bypass surgery over 55 y/o, with 5 blockages (2 100% blocked and 3 at least 80% blocked arteries).  That was a set up for a silent heart attack if he didn’t have the surgery he would have been deceased by now but he was lucky in getting symptoms of chest pain and fatigue/lethargy due to these blockages.  This made him go the doctor.  He stopped smoking the day before the surgery after smoking Marlboro over 1/2 his life.   His life had taken a 360 turn and stopped in his daily routine and life schedule.  It had begun all over again at almost 60.   He lost numerous weight and eats so much healthier.  He within one year lost 40 lbs or more and looks great and healthier.

Without controlling your blood pressure therapeutically or ending your smoking or eating healthy with living healthy habits the heart at first will be able to compensate with living unhealthy habits but over time the heart may find it so hard to function or work that the heart starts to fail in doing its job effectively (it starts to decompensate causing failure if no changes are made).

Again I will use the a great metaphor; let’s take the car.  You do maintenance to the vehicle it will operate and last longer, well the exact principle with the human body.  Take better care of yourself and highier odds you’ll live a longer and more therapeutic life.   If you don’t eat a healthy diet, with keeping your weight in a therapeutic range, or properly exercise than expect highier odds you will be leaning more towards shortening your life span.   Pretty simple isn’t it.

You can control your diet, weight and your exercise the right way with a little direction.  These 3 areas of helping your health are modiafiable meaning you can control them.  There are many ways of direction for guidance in reaching  this goal of getting your weight ideal.   One way for just direction in helping you maintain a good diet including weight is getting guidance through Dr. Anderson’s book called “Dr. A’s healthy habits”.  The book gives you knowledge about routine exercise, all 4 food groups and how to eat them in healthy proportions.  It explains how the metabolism works with 6 small meals as opposed to 3 larger meals including how the body works regarding the foods you eat.  It even tells you so more.   It allows you to know the information for changes that you may need to take to lessen risks of certain diseases occurring in your life through modification with diet and healthy habits.

Always check with your doctor before starting any program on your own especially if your diagnosed with disease (ex. Diabetes, any kind of cardiac, etc…).

Join me in trying to live a healthier life with starting a spread throughout America for a healthier country which already has started.

“Know your family’s eye health history. Talk to your family members about their eye health history. It’s important to know if anyone has been diagnosed with a disease or condition since many are hereditary. This will help to determine if you are at higher risk for developing an eye disease or condition.”

NIH National Eye Institute

“In the 1950s, the price of hospital care doubled. Now in the early 1960s, those outside the workplace, especially the elderly, have difficulty affording insurance.  Major medical insurance endorses high-cost medicine.  President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare and Medicaid into law.”

PBS.com/healthcare crisis