Lifestyle Choices Made in Your 20s Can Impact Your Heart Health in Your 40s

Posted By Dr. Mercola | March 06 2012

Making healthy lifestyle choices during young adulthood and beyond is strongly associated with a lowered cardiovascular disease risk in middle age. A new study is the first to show an association between a healthy lifestyle maintained throughout your 20s, 30s, and 40s, and low heart disease risk during middle age.

The study looked at five healthy lifestyle factors -- a lean body mass index (BMI), no excess alcohol intake, no smoking, a healthy diet, and regular physical activity.

According to Science Daily:

"Sixty percent of those who maintained all five healthy lifestyles reached middle age with the low cardiovascular risk profile, compared with fewer than 5 percent who followed none of the healthy lifestyles."