Change your lifestyle

Other lifestyle changes that can be made to help prevent heart disease include drinking alcohol in moderation and quitting smoking.

Lifestyle changes: using alcohol in moderation and quitting smoking.

To raise good cholesterol levels (HDL), it is recommended that women have only one drink per day, while men should have no more than two. In addition, smoking has been linked to heart disease, so the sooner you quit, the better. In fact, after just three years of not smoking, your risk of developing heart disease becomes equal to that of a nonsmoker.

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