Andie MacDowell Quotes

I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.

I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out 'type A' refers to a category of risk for heart disease - I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me!

Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.

If you don't know your blood pressure, it's like not knowing the value of your company.

Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.

Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.

Well, after I had the heart attack, it was a very simple choice. What the doctor told me I did and I did it religiously. I ate nothing but lean turkey breast or chicken breast or a piece of fish that was very lean. I mean I stayed away from everything.

Tell your friends to get their hearts checked.

Part of high cholesterol is that you can look at yourself in the mirror, and you can feel great and think there's no issues. But silently, they can be affecting your heart.

A man is as old as his arteries.

If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it.

I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it.

Harvard University researchers found that women at high risk of heart disease who had a tablespoon of peanut butter five or more days a week appeared to nearly halve their risk of suffering a heart attack compared with women who ate one serving or less per week.

Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.

Eating a stick of butter will raise HDL in those who are able to do so, but that does not mean that butter is good for your heart. It isn't.

Get your heart checked. I've always looked at myself as healthy, but I wasn't.

I'm a spokesperson, and advocate of awareness. So when anything comes up on our bodies - if it's skin cancer or a bump or something we're not certain of - we need to see our doctors.

It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks.

Appreciate your heart; really know how to take care of your heart.

I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.

Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.