Heart Health Fun Facts

• Runners have a 45% lower risk of heart disease or stroke
• A normal heart pumps approximately 4 tablespoons of blood with each beat
• The heart pumps blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels
• Every cell in the body gets blood from the heart except for the corneas
• The heart has its own electrical supply and will continue to beat when separated from the body
• A women's average heart beat is faster than a man's by almost 8 beats per minute

• Heart Disease is your greatest health threat (and is greater danger than breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men)
• Regular exercise is the single most important key to heart health
• The beating sound of your heart is the clap of your valve leaflets opening and closing
• Each minute your heart pumps 1.5 gallons of blood
• The heart is a coordinated machine.  The right side pumps blood into your lungs while the left side pumps it back into the body.
• Control your heart health through diet, exercise and managing stress

• Your heart beats 100,000 times per day.
• Modesty prompted the invention of the stethoscope.  Before its existence the doctor had to press their ears directly to each patient's chest.
• The number of heart attacks peaks on Christmas Day followed by December 26th and New Year's Day.

• People really can have a broken heart.  Sometimes life situations can cause temporary heart failure.
• The more education and health awareness you have the lower your risk of heart disease.
• The normal heart valve is about the size of a half dollar.
• The first heart pacemakers plugged into a wall socket.
• Happiness and a strong sense of emotional vitality will help lower your risk of heart disease.

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