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Do people normally die from heart attacks ? Please answer my daddys having one ? I m not allowed to go to the hospital, and my daddy is having a heart attack. He s a really heavy smoker, he s overweight and he s 46. Do you think he ll be OK ? I m raelly worried about him.
I know people who have had 6 or 7 heart attacks and are still going strong. Your Dad will have to make some lifestyle changes. No more smoking, losing weight, watch stress levels, change in foods he eats, cutting out fats, sugars, enriched foods and using whole wheat instead and olive or canola oil instead of hydrogenated oils, exercise, leaving junk foods alone and less salt (diet soda is loaded with salt). If he follows his Doctor's orders and takes his meds and changes his lifestyle there's no reason he can't live to a ripe old age.
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Do People Normally Die From Heart Attacks ?
I know people who have had 6 or 7 heart attacks and are still going strong. Your Dad will have to make some lifestyle changes. No more smoking, losing weight, watch stress levels, change in foods he eats, cutting out fats, sugars, enriched foods and using whole wheat instead and olive or canola oil instead of hydrogenated oils, exercise, leaving junk foods alone and less salt (diet soda is loaded with salt). If he follows his Doctor s orders and takes his meds and changes his lifestyle there s no reason he can t live to a ripe old age.