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6 Heart Disease Symptoms Black Women Must Know
QUIZ: Are You Eating For Healthy Eyes?
Dr. Kim Reed, professor of optometry at the Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry and founder and director of the Ocular Nutrition Clinic at Nova Southeastern University’s Eye Care Institute developed an eye quiz because many peo- ple are misinformed about their eye health.
Take the quiz to see if your lifestyle habits are on point for good eye health.
If your habits are not, take heed to the quiz que- stons and learn what you can do to get to keep your eyes healthy for years to come.
Answers are provided at the bottom of the quiz.
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How many times a week do you eat at least 2 cups (measured when raw) of dark green leafy vegetables like collards or spinach?
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Are you a smoker, or have you ever been a
Although men and women can experience chest pressure that feels like an elephant sit- ting across the chest, women can experience a heart attack without chest pressure.
These 6 heart attack symp- toms are common in women:
1. Chest Pain Or Dis- comfort. Chest pain is the most common heart attack symptom, but some women may experience it differently than men. It may feel like a squeezing or fullness, and the pain can be anywhere in the chest, not just on the left side. It’s usually “truly uncomfort- able” during a heart attack, says cardiologist Rita Redberg, MD, director of Women’s Cardiovas- cular Services at the University of California, San Francisco. “It feels like a vise being tight- ened.”
2. Pain In Your Arm(S), Back, Neck, Or Jaw. This type of pain is more common in women than in men. It may confuse women who expect their pain to be fo- cused on their chest and left arm, not their back or jaw. The pain can be gradual or sudden, and it may wax and wane before becoming intense. If you’re asleep, it may wake you up. You should report any “not typical or unexplained” symptoms in any part of your body above your waist to your doctor or other health care provider.
3. Stomach Pain. Some- times people mistake stomach pain that signals a heart attack with heartburn, the flu, or a stomach ulcer. Other times, women experience severe ab- dominal pressure that feels like an elephant sitting on your stomach. Any pain that is con- sistent, or either all the time or off and on consistently, should be checked out anyway. York.
4. Shortness Of Breath, Nausea, Or Lightheadedness. Some think this may feel like you’re out of breath after exercising or running a marathon, but you didn’t do anything. If you’re having trouble breathing for no apparent reason, you could be having a heart attack, especially if you’re also having one or more other symptoms.
5. Sweating. Breaking out in a nervous, cold sweat is com-
smoker?
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mon among women who are having a heart attack. It will feel more like stress-related sweat- ing than perspiration from ex- ercising or spending time outside in the heat.
6. Flu-Like Fatigue.
You know how you don’t feel like doing anything when you have the flu? Some women who have heart attacks feel ex- tremely tired, even if they’ve been sitting still for a while or haven’t moved much. “Patients often complain of a tiredness in the chest,” Goldberg says. “They say that they can’t do simple ac- tivities, like walk to the bath- room.”
Now That You Know The Signs, Here Are
4 Things You Need To Do To Prevent It:
1. Schedule an appoint- ment with your healthcare provider to learn your per- sonal risk for heart dis- ease. You can also learn your risk with our Heart Attack Risk Calculator.
2. Quit smoking. Did you know that just one year after you quit, you’ll cut your risk of coronary heart disease by 50 percent?
3. Start an exercise pro- gram. Just walking 30 minutes a day can lower your risk for heart attack and stroke.
4. Modify your family’s diet if needed. We’re not say- ing you have to totally change everything you eat right now (although some may need to), but for now just swap out some of those old recipes for some new healthier ones. And just leave the fattening foods for special holiday gatherings.
1. Every day.
2. Most days. 3.Rarely or never.
1. No way, I have never smoked
2. Well, I must admit I used to smoke, but no longer do
3. I am a current smoker, it’s a habit I just can’t seem to break
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How much sleep do you get each night?
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1. I’m bright eyed and ready in the morning: 7.5 or more hours, but less than 9.5 hours
2. I’m a big sluggish and get at least six hours, but less than eight
3. I need my coffee because I get less than six hours of sleep a night
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How would you describe your time in front of a computer screen, cell phone, or tablet?
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1. I follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, I take my eyes off the screen and look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.
2. I am in front of a screen for much of the day, but I take regular breaks.
3. I’m addicted! If I’m not in front of my computer screen at work, I’m scrolling through news feeds on my phone, and when I watch tv at night, I’m also chatting with my friends through my tablet!
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How would you describe your carbohydrate in-
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How often are you eating at least 6 ounces of cold water fish containing DHA omega-3s (salmon, tuna, sardines or mackerel) prepared by baking, grilling, or roasting without added butter or oil?
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1. Two times or more week.
2. I eat these kinds of foods occasionally, but less than two times each week.
3. I almost never eat those foods.
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How often do you fill half of your plate with fruits
and vegetables?
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take?
1. Most of the time. 2. Some of the time. 3. Not very often.
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Do you maintain a healthy body weight?
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1. Yes! All of the time or most of the time, I am within the healthy weight range for my height.
2. About half the time. My weight fluctuates!
3. No, or not usually. Achieving a healthy body weight is a real challenge!
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How many alcoholic drinks do you have each week? (One drink is defined as 12 oz of beer, 1.5 oz of liquor, 5 oz of wine, or 3.5 oz of mixed drink)
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1. Three or less.
2. Four to seven (women) or four to 14 (men).
3. More than seven (women) or more than 14
(men).
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1. My body is a temple: I avoid highly processed foods and foods with a lot of added sugar. I tend to eat mostly whole grains and nutrient- and fiber-rich vegetables when I eat carbohydrates.
2. Healthy, but often Tempted: I try to avoid highly processed and sugary foods but I sometimes indulge in pastries, refined breads and pasta, and other ‘empty’ calorie carbohydrate foods.
3. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty: Most of my carbs are in the form of sweets, refined and processed breads, pastas, and pastries, and sugary cereals and treats.
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How would you describe your stress and stress
management?
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1. ‘Oum’: My life is mostly low-stress.
2. ‘I Got This’: I have a moderate level of stress. 3. ‘Freaking Out’: I feel stressed very frequently
(yelling, lashing out, drinking alcohol in excess, tak- ing medications not prescribed for me, etc.).
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ANSWERS: Mostly 1s: AA Amazing! Or A Plus for eye nutrition! Mostly 2s: B on the right track in no time! Mostly 3s: C your way to better health! You can do it! And your eyes will thank you.