Could you please help me with making this more persausive? My teacher says it is more imformative. I just don't have a clue.
Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men and women in the United States. Our high fat diet, sedentary lifestyles, stressful environment and various vices like tobacco, alcohol, and many recreational drugs harden the heart and its arteries, this increases the risk of heart disease and early death. We need to get with the program and realize this problem is not going away until we take a stand and say enough is enough. It is time to get our nation eating right and exercising regularly. We should aim for heart healthy goals like eating foods that help lower cholesterol and maintain a healthy weight. Cholesterol is a type of fat your body needs it for many things, such as making new cells, but too much cholesterol in your blood increases your chances of having a heart attack and stroke. Cholesterol is a fatty, wax-like substance found in the cells of your body and blood. It comes from your diet and is produced by the body. Total cholesterol in the blood includes various components including HDL- High-density lipoprotein (good), LDL- Low-density lipoprotein (bad) and triglycerides. Cholesterol has an important role in the overall healthy functioning of the body. The body needs the right level of cholesterol to function properly, but too high levels of cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Heart healthy diets are hard for many to stick with but it is important to do so to keep your heart strong and healthy. There are many things you can eat for heart healthy diet things like fish, poultry, and lean meats. Broiled, baked, roast and poached foods. Drink low fat or skim milk low fat cheeses and yogurts. You should eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day. Cereals, breads, rice, and pasta made from whole grains (such as "whole-wheat" or "whole-grain" bread and pasta, rye bread, brown rice, and oatmeal). Foods that you should avoid are things like, Organ meat (liver, kidney, brains) Egg yolks, Fats (butter, lard) and oils, Packaged and processed foods. Doing these things will help you get your heart strong and keep it strong. Exercises that can be done without over exerting yourself can be divided into three basic types. Stretching or the slow lengthening of the muscles. Stretching the arms and legs before and after exercising helps prepare the muscles for activity and helps prevent injury and muscle strain. Regular stretching also increases your range of motion and flexibility. Cardiovascular or aerobic is steady physical activity using large muscle groups. This type of exercise strengthens the heart and lungs and improves the body's ability to use oxygen. Aerobic exercise has the most benefits for your heart. Over time, aerobic exercise can help decrease your heart rate and blood pressure and improve your breathing (since your heart won't have to work as hard during exercise). Strengthening exercises are repeated muscle contractions (tightening) until the muscle becomes tired.
Unless there is a broad cultural and behavioral change among Americans regarding diet and exercise in America, heart disease rates will most likely continue to rise.
Some types of heart disease closely linked to diet and lifestyle choices, are preventable others are due to genetic inheritance, infections or uncontrollable factors. The one thing I want to see happen is for us as Americans change the two out of five average to one in a hundred and work on one in every thousand. We need to take a stand for our on bodies
We are only given one and how we treat it is on us so take a stand to prevent the preventable and make the lifestyle changes need to cure heart disease for everyone. Making changes is a hard thing to do but it can be done with support and strength