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Health Tip: Smoking Affects Your Heart
By LadyLively on April 27, 2015
Smoking can lead to cell and tissue damage throughout your body, and experts say your heart isn’t spared.
The U.S. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute says smoking can:
- Decrease the blood’s ability to carry oxygen.
- Force the heart to work harder by raising blood pressure and heart rate.
- Raise triglycerides (fat) and bad cholesterol, while lowering good cholesterol.
- Affect the heart’s normal rhythm.
- Narrow blood vessel walls.
- Increase inflammation, which can lead to increased plaque buildup in blood vessels.
Source: HealthDay
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