If you are interested in preventing heart disease, follow these steps:

• Avoid alcohol abuse

• Control your blood pressure

• Eat a healthy diet

• Know and control your cholesterol levels

• Maintain a healthy weight

• Prevent or control diabetes

• Reduce stress levels

• Exercise regularly

• Stop or refrain from smoking cigarettes.
Taking accountability for your general health by making lifestyle changes can help you improve the condition of your heart dramatically. Many of risk factors for heart disease are related , so addressing one will often help another.