Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.
This disease blocks the arteries that supply blood to the heart and can result in a heart attack. However, health experts stress that if you modify potential risk factors, it can help avoid a diagnosis.
He said that sometimes the disease is inherited. A person can receive a diagnosis even if they do not take part or have any of the risk factors of CAD. “People develop habits over a long period of time that can become more and more unhealthy, and it’s really difficult to reverse some of those habits when it becomes entrenched,” Dr. Eppler said. “I know people are not going to stop eating fried food, and that’s okay, but everything is in moderation.”“You can’t go wrong with any fruit or vegetable,” White said.“A lot of times people don’t think about food as medicine; it’s not just about calories,” White said.
Other risk factors Dr. Eppler suggests people modify for the better are their physical activity. He suggests for people to avoid being inactive by getting active. “It’s extremely difficult for patients to quit smoking and on average there is a lot of data that suggests that most patients who successfully quit smoking have done so on their 7th attempt,” Dr. Eppler said. “So, I would encourage individuals that if they smoke and if they have tried to quit smoking and they have been unsuccessful, try again because most people are not able to quit on their first attempt.
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