Mike Ditka Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is spent talking about my heart with my doctor, and getting my numbers checked, and discussing the results. And I make sure that I understand the answers to my questions.

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

When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle.

My doctor explained that exercise and diet changes might help and that I also might need a medication.

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

I care about heart.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

I've always been athletic - I ran track in high school - and it kept my blood pressure in check over the years. Once I was diagnosed with hypertension, I stepped up my workouts.

Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise.

A man is as old as his arteries.

I like porterhouse steak, rib-eyes and New York strip. This works for me because I have very low cholesterol and low blood pressure. It's not good for everyone; you have to talk to your doctor about that. I also eat fish and cheese. I like clean food prepared as simply as possible.

A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.

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.

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

Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.

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

My father had a heart attack and he has heart disease. He had a full recovery, and I'm very lucky, but it certainly made him look at the way he's living and how he's treating his body.

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.

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

As far as protecting yourself against Alzheimer's disease, well, it turns out that fish oil has the effect of reducing your risk for Alzheimer's disease. You should also keep your blood pressure down, because chronic high blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.