Efamily News: Learn how to prepare delicious healthy foods "sun fried" - join Sunshine's mailing list for more health food specials too! Efamily members Vergis and Arga Beaugeois Health Foods in the Neighborhood!

Efamily let's take a healthy pledge...Find a friend and check on each other 30 min of exercise a day (can be 10min at a time)!

I like to stop by efamily member Sunshine's Health Food store (which he started after learning his mom's death from diabetes could have been prevented) for delicious whole fruit smoothies, lentils, and so much more! This is a FREE WORKSHOP... recently Maria attended a workshop and told me that "all strokes are preventable"..she learned that eating healthily and exercise lower blood pressure (get lots of potassium from collard greens, kale, bananas, watch eating out and fast foods...loaded with sodium which raises blood pressure. Port City Links is sponsoring a community of practice "DASH Diet" for seniors and youth in the Acres Home community--DASH is the #1 diet in America). Our 10th Annual Port City Links Health, Education, Science Fair and Carnival March 28th at Sunnyside Park at South Central Sportz Baseball Opening Day will have a SPECIAL FOCUS on HEART DiSEASE which kills more women than all forms of cancer combined!

Donna

PS at SHAPE Center there is a FOOD COOP fresh vegetables and fruit at a low bulk cost !!

Heart Disease Statistics at a Glance

by the Go Red For Women Editors

Since its inception, the American Heart Association (AHA) has lead efforts in research, prevention and treatment of heart disease, providing knowledge-based solutions for people of all ages. And every year, the AHA works together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies to compile the most comprehensive and up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke and other vascular diseases.

These statistics are used by health researchers, clinicians, healthcare policy makers, media professionals and consumers, serving as a major source for monitoring the cardiovascular health of the wider population. Here are some of the latest findings.

General statistics

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined.
Heart disease causes 1 in 3 women’s deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute.
An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease.
Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease.
The symptoms of heart disease can be different in women and men, and are often misunderstood.
While 1 in 31 American women dies from breast cancer each year, 1 in 3 dies of heart disease.
Only 1 in 5 American women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
Women comprise only 24 percent of participants in all heart-related studies.

Hispanic women

Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than Caucasian women.
Only 1 in 3 Hispanic women are aware that heart disease is their No. 1 killer.
Only 3 in 10 Hispanic women say they have been informed that they are at a higher risk.
Only 1 in 4 Hispanic women is aware of treatment options.
Hispanic women are more likely to take preventive actions for their family when it comes to heart health.

African American women

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for African American women.
Of African American women ages 20 and older, 46.9 percent have cardiovascular disease
Only 1 in 5 African American women thinks she is personally at risk.
Nearly 50 percent of African American women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
Only 43 percent of African American women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk.

These statistics represent only a fraction of the 2012 report featured in Circulation. To view the full findings, download a copy of the Heart Disease and Stroke 2012 Statistical Update.