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Revive Q10 plus is the only cardiovascular food supplement on the market, and it is now available from McKane’s Pharmacy, Ballina.

Dietitian Heather Miller, who holds clinics in Balla, Castlebar, and Ballindine, this week talks about lowering cholesterol.

System 10 is a scientifically researched weight loss programme designed to correct your metabolism faults. Signs of a weak metabolism are diabetes, high/low blood pressure, high cholesterol, under-active thyroid, digestive disorders (bloating, trapped wind, constipation and diarrhoea), blood sugar imbalances, food intolerances and hormone imbalances.

Eighty per cent of Irish men and women over 45 suffer from high cholesterol, the most common major risk factor associated with developing heart disease.

As many as one in three adults over 40 years of age in Mayo are obese, according to a report launched this week by Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac Foundation, in collaboration with HSE West’s Mayo Primary Community and Continuing Care Department.

Confused about ‘good fats’ and ‘bad fats’? Not sure whether to have a boiled egg or not? Are low fat spreads really better than butter?

A Women’s Heart Health Awareness Day will take place in Kilkenny from 10am all day on Thursday September 16 to support the Irish Heart Foundation’s “Red Alert – Irish Heart Month”.

Dr Ann Shortt works as both a GP in Brooklands Medical Centre, Castlebar, and in emergency medicine in Galway. Her area of special interest is preventative medicine.

Next week, September 22 to 29, is Healthy Heart Week. One of the best ways to prevent heart disease is to keep your cholesterol at a healthy level. The following information will outline ways to help you do this.  

The inaugural Safe Heart Awareness Week which is launched by Croí takes place from October 20 to 27. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in Ireland and the Irish heart charity is calling on people to know the risk factors that can affect their heart health and to be aware of the steps that can be taken to achieve the recommended target levels.