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It is believed approximately 8 million people are living with heart disease in the USA. Heart problems are the number one killer of both men and women, and from here you can find websites to ask questions, post experiences, learn and live healthy.

The fact is, the prevention of heart disease focuses primarily on preventing the buildup of plaque blood vessel walls known as atherosclerosis. Therefore, new, easier dietary choices and habits of children and teenagers, as featured at HeartDiseaseLinks.com, often carry over into adulthood causing heart disease.

Heart Disease Risk Factor 1: Fatty Food

Heart Disease Risk Factor 2: Smoking

Heart Disease Risk Factor 3: Genetics

The best example of the importance of diet on heart health, is the typical popularized idea that a Japanese diet is the best heart disease preventing diet. However, when Japanese people migrate to the United States and their diet changes, the risk of heart disease becomes the same as other Americans.

Many people think that Stroke or Breast cancer or even ovarian cancer is the leading killer of women. However, heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women.

Men suffer similar symptoms when it comes to heart attacks, including angina (squeezing chest pain), unusual fatigue, shortness of breath and nausea.

In contrast, Women are more likely to experience atypical symptoms and may not have the classic chest pain. Instead, they may experience only shortness of breath or fatigue upon exertion. These atypical symptoms may go largely unnoticed by a busy, overworked woman.

Two of the greatest threats to heart disease; high blood pressure and cholesterol can be controlled through diet, exercise and drugs. Other risk factors include smoking, obesity and physical inactivity.