{"id":6855,"date":"2014-02-04T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:14:43","slug":"february-is-american-heart-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6855","title":{"rendered":"February is American Heart Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February is a month to celebrate your heart. Not only do we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day on the 14th, but we must also be aware of heart disease. Heart diseases are the number one killer of American\u2019s today, while strokes are the number four killer. The research done by the <a title=\"American Heart Association\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\/HEARTORG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Heart Association<\/a> can be very helpful for those who want to learn more about the risks and causes. The <a title=\"Go Red for Women\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goredforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Red for Women campaign<\/a> strongly encourages everyone to participate in National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 7 to raise awareness about heart disease in women.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gored.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6876\" style=\"filter: invert(0);\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gored.jpg?resize=300%2C167\" alt=\"Holding a Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association claims that a healthy lifestyle will decrease the risk of heart disease. Here are some tips from them to maintain a healthy lifestyle:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Don\u2019t smoke<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a healthy weight<\/li>\n<li>Engage in regular physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Eat a healthy diet<\/li>\n<li>Manage blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Take charge of cholesterol<\/li>\n<li>Keep blood sugar, or glucose, at healthy levels<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fill your heart with love this month, but don\u2019t forget to always keep it healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is a month to celebrate your heart. Not only do we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day on the 14th, but we must also be aware of heart disease. Heart diseases are the number one killer of&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6855\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> February is American Heart Month<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1Mz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19566,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6855\/revisions\/19566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}