45 Things Heart Doctors Do to

Protect Their Own Hearts

1. Use a Meal Delivery Service or Prepare your own meals for the week in advance
2. Keep a gratitude journal
3. Get 8 hours of sleep a night, every night
4. Do exercise
5. Meditate
6. Take the stairs
7. Weigh yourself everyday
8. Don’t eat when you are not hungry
9. Always find something to laugh about
10. Have lots of sex
11. Do Yoga
12. Drink a lot of water, at least more than 2 liters daily
13. Schedule your exercise to do every day
14. Eat a Mediterranean Diet instead of grabbing chips (slice up half an avocado and drizzle on some olive oil)
15. Take a good multivitamin
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Protect Their Own Hearts
16. Get the Flu Vaccine every year
17. Eat “berries” every day (Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries, Cranberries, etc.)
18. Make time for your friends and loved ones
19. Exercise consistently
20. Get regular heart screenings (check ups)
21. Make sure to get plenty of Vitamin D (Fatty Fish, canned Fish, eggs, mushrooms, fortified milk, cod liver oil, liver, etc.)
22. Know your personal risk factors (smoking, drinking alcohol, drugs, etc.)
23. Spend time in Outdoors, in Nature
24. Skip simple carbs (pasta, rice, breads, high fructose corn syrup, etc.)
25. Take Vitamin K-2 supplement (Broccoli, cabbage, scallions, prunes, fermented dairy products, asparagus, soybean,
cucumber, extra virgin olive oil, etc.)
26. Do intense aerobics
27. Eat lots of protein (Healthy olive oil, nuts, vegetables and avoid meat or foods with hormones or antibiotics)
28. Take Probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis.)
29. Drink alcohol in moderation
30. Eat dark chocolate
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31. Eat eggs
32. Good oral hygiene (take care of your teeth)
33. Respect the power of blood pressure
34. Have your hormones tested (mainly women)
35. Choose your cooking oils carefully
36. Stay alert of high blood sugar (mainly diabetic persons)
37. Skip the hot-dogs (processed red meats, sausage, hot dogs, lunch meat, etc.)
38. Lost Weight
39. Eat dairy instead of taking calcium supplements
40. Got tested for sleep disorders (Apnea, Insomnia, etc.)
41. Try a Vegetarian Diet (Once or Twice on a while)
42. Mix Magnesium powder into my water
43. Recommend Aspirin but only for some people (who have already experienced on heart event or diseased arteries)
44. Take an herbal sleep aid
45. Eat at “No-White” Diet