Protect Your Heart

If you've been diagnosed with or are at risk for heart disease, you know the importance of taking an active role in protecting your heart health. From eating healthy foods to taking your medicine as directed to creating a heart-healthy action plan, there are many concrete steps to help you take charge of your health.

In this section of the Health Library, you can:

• LEARN more about what can lead to heart disease
• MANAGE and protect your heart health
• FIND tools and resources to offer support and solutions

Is Your Heart at Risk?

While there are some risk factors for heart disease that can't be controlled, such as age and family history, many others can be managed. Learn about which health conditions can increase your risk for heart problems…and how to get a handle on them.

To learn more, view, download, and save any of these titles below:

• How Can High Blood Pressure and Diabetes Damage My Heart?
• What to Know About Triglycerides

Making Heart-Healthy Changes

To protect your heart from disease, you may need to make some changes to your diet and lifestyle. While you may be concerned about your ability to make these changes, know that building new heart-healthy habits is not only possible…it may actually be easier than you think.

• A Healthy Diet…It's Easier Than You Think!
• After a Heart Attack: How Your Medicines Can Help
• Be More Active…For Heart Health!
• Building Heart-Healthy Habits for Exercise and Diet
• Eat Healthy…Eat Lean
• Eat Healthy…Eat Vegetables, Fruits, and Whole-Grain Foods
• Food Labels…An Easy Way to Know Which Foods Are Heart-Healthy
• Getting the Most From Your Doctor Visits
• Healthy Eating with Less Salt
• Heart-Healthy Habits
• Heart Failure Goals Checklist
• Heart Failure Sticking with Medicines
• High Blood Pressure Medicines for People with Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure Sticking with Medicines
• Keeping Track of Your Heart Health
• Lipids Goals Checklist
• Medicines for Heart Failure
• Medicines for People Who Have Had a Heart Attack
• Sticking with My Medicines—What Will Work?
• Taking Steps to Manage Heart Failure
• Your Heart Failure Medicines—What You Need to Know

Take Heart—Support Is Available

Stay on top of your heart health. These tools and resources can make it easier for you.

• Heart Failure Action Plan
• Keeping Track of Your Weight
• Learn More About Making Heart-Healthy Changes