Get Heart Healthy Today by Boca Raton Weight Loss Center

• By Beth Meirav
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Being overweight strains your heart, which can lead to a host of health problems, including heart disease. You don't need shed 50 pounds to see an improvement. 

“Losing 20 or so pounds might seem daunting, but we’ve shown that even a modest weight loss can yield heart and vascular benefits,” Lisa de las Fuentes MD of Washington University says. “It’s important to realize that you can choose goals that are attainable and work towards those goals progressively. Even small amounts of weight loss seem to improve metabolic function and hypertension, as well as enhance heart pumping and relaxation, while causing the heart tissue and blood vessel walls to get thinner. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels usually improve, too."