Now is a great time to focus on your heart health and make some heart healthy changes to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. You don’t have to do it alone- encourage your families, friends and community to get involved and improve their heart health too. We have put together some great resources focused on education and awareness to help make our community a healthier place, one heart at a time.

Tom Janney, a Certified Nurse Practitioner at San Juan Regional Heart Center, discusses the importance of exercise.

“Don’t feel like you have to start by running a marathon,” Janney said. “Just get out and be as active as you can. By exercising we improve our overall heart function as well as our overall cardiovascular health.”

Kelsey Wolfe, a Certified Nurse Practitioner at San Juan Regional Heart Center, discusses the importance a healthy diet.

“Your diet should be diverse amongst all of the food groups,” Wolfe said. “Be wary of diets that restrict you to just one or two food groups. You want to have lots of healthy whole grains, fruits and vegetables, low fat meats and fish. Salmon is my favorite fish. It’s quick to make and it’s pretty tasty.”

Dr. Rahul Gokhroo of San Juan Regional Heart Center, discusses Broken Heart Syndrome.

Reducing Stress

San Juan Regional Heart Center Interventionist Cardiologist Dr. Stephen Bernard, discusses the need to reduce stress in our lives for good heart health.

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