Step by step instructions to Change Bad Habits and Live a Heart Healthy Lifestyle

Learn to form healthy habits by replacing the bad ones. Substituting healthy habits for unhealthy ones rewards you with more stamina, better quality of life – and a healthier you. That is easier said than done, of course, but some simple tips can help you tackle even the most indulgent and hardest-to-kick habits. Rani Whitfield, M.D., a Baton Rouge, La., family practitioner and American Heart Association volunteer, is on a mission to help people change their unhealthy habits. “ An unhealthy habit is easy to develop and hard to live with; a healthy habit is harder to develop but easier to live with ,” said Whitfield, who has earned the nickname “The Hip Hop Doc” through his work getting young people to make healthier choices. Notwithstanding your age, you can profit by Whitfield's straightforward propensity evolving tips. In the first place, he says, realize that it takes 60 to ...