Giovanni Brouwer

The heart-healthy plate

Learn how to choose heart-healthy foods, plan nutritious meals, and adopt lifestyle habits that support long-term cardiovascular health. Discover practical strategies to reduce heart disease risk and keep your heart strong every day.

05: Living well with AFib

Monitoring AFib means tracking your heart rhythm, symptoms, and triggers, following medications and lifestyle habits, and sharing logs with your doctor to stay safe and reduce complications.

04: Exercise & lifestyle management

Regular, moderate exercise can reduce AFib episodes, lower blood pressure, improve heart function, and support weight control, while stress management, good sleep, and maintaining a healthy weight further help prevent triggers and improve overall heart health.

03: Heart-healthy nutrition

The Mediterranean diet for AFib emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, olive oil, and fatty fish, while limiting alcohol, caffeine, salt, and large meals, helping reduce inflammation, support heart health, and may lower AFib episodes.

02: Medical management basics

AFib treatment includes blood thinners, rate and rhythm control medications, careful monitoring for side effects, and sometimes procedures, with urgent care needed for severe or sudden symptoms.

01: Understanding Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular heart rhythm where the upper chambers beat chaotically, increasing the risk of stroke, heart failure, and fatigue, but it can be managed through proper treatment, lifestyle changes, and monitoring key health indicators.

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