Heart Facts

 Amazing Facts about Your Heart!

1. Heart disease is the #1 disease in the US.
2. Your heart beats 100,000 times a day. What a workout!
3. Regular exercise is the most important key to heart health.
4. Each minute your heart pumps 1.5 gallons of blood through your body containing everything you need to survive.
5. Women’s average heart beat is faster than a man’s by almost 8 beats a minute.
6. The heart has its own electric supply and will continue to beat when separated from the body!
7. Heart attack symptoms are different in men and women.
8. Depression increases your risk for a heart attack, especially in women. So smile! :)
9. Sitting is the new smoking. Excessive amounts of sitting have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease
10.  A kitchen faucet would need to be turned on all the way for at least 45 years to equal the amount of blood pumped by the heart in an average lifetime.
11.  The heart is the hardest working muscle in your body.
12.  Laughter is like medicine for your heart. It decreases stress hormones and reduces inflammation and can last up to 24 hours!
13.  Your waist size is directly correlated to your heart health. Men should be less than 40 inches, women 35 inches.
14.  Your heart doesn’t heal itself like other organs. Once there’s damage it’s there forever.