National Wear Red Day

Today, February 3, 2012, is National Wear Red Day to help raise awareness about heart disease in women.  Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women?  Here are some more staggering statistics from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)...one in four women in the U.S. die from heart disease as compared to one in 30 from breast cancer.  Around 80 percent of women ages 40-60 have one or more risk factors for heart disease.  Having multiple risk factors significantly increases your risk for heart disease because risk factors worsen each others effects.  According to NHLBI, only having one risk factor doubles your chance for developing heart disease.

Do you know what the controllable lifestyle factors are?  Check it out:

• Smoking
• High blood pressure
• High blood cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Being overweight or obese
• Physical inactivity

How many of those risk factors do you have?  Every one of the risk factors listed above are "controllable"...meaning with a little effort on your part, you can change your risk.  Click HERE to refer back to our previous blog on heart health.

It's time for you to step up and take control of your health.  Today is a good day to do just that.  Wear red today and raise your own awareness of heart disease.  Do it for yourself...do it for the ladies you care about!

Don't forget to stop by PROMATx Health Club today to learn more about preventing heart disease.  We will have a lot of great information for you and you can talk with some of our trainers to see how they can help you reduce your risk for developing heart disease.  Come on in...your heart will thank you!!