Peyton List Quotes

We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

I think a lot of women have back problems.

I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

I will help women, because we have the women's health problems. We have a lot of problems.

Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.

When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease...is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable.

It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.

I am passionate about talking to women about their breast health.

Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.

Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

If you eat the standard Western diet that most people eat in the modern world, it's quite likely you will develop heart disease.

They told me that I had a leaky valve, which is something that is certainly not life-threatening. It's common and it's something that had I not known about it, would I have lived? Sure. But it's something that I think is important to know, especially as I get older and given that I have heart disease in my family.

Since becoming an alleged adult, I've always felt like I should exercise - or should at least want to exercise - and make a feeble attempt at health, thus staving off terrible things like the coronary heart disease and high cholesterol described to me in 1980s margarine commercials.

It's never too late to take your heart health seriously and make it a priority.

I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.

I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine.

Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise.

I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.