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Real Estate: The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 8, 2006 - 27 The Local Real Estate Agents Salute Heart & Stroke Month Angela Markusic Sales Representative Carole-Ann Peterson Sales Representative Dedicated to Serving You! LIFETIME RESIDENT OF OAKVILLE Working hard to keep you informed! D ire ct 905.338.9000 ^ caroleannpeterson @ hotmail.com aS L w hcR e a l* w W ' Coro . Realtor T Sandra Davis-Zulauf Sales Representative A person you can tru st when it comes to y o u r hom e! Eat 10 fewer restaurant, fast-food or takeout snacks or meals this month. By cooking for yourself at home or packing a lunch for work, you exercise greater control over ingredients, cooking meth ods (grilling, poaching, baking) and, vitally, smaller portion sizes. Spend 10 minutes with your mom, father nt or uncle on both sides of the family discussing your history of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Although you can't change your genes, knowing your family's health history will help you and your doc tor tailor an appropriate prevention plan for you. ^Increase your intake of vegetables and fruit by 10 servings per week. These foods are chock-full of disease-fighting antioxidants and heart-healthy fibre. Five to ten servings a day is your ultimate goal. Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Consider this: a weight loss of only - 10. pounds (4.5 kg) over five to ten weeks - that's I to 2 pounds per week - can result in as much as a 7 point reduction in systolic blood pressure (the top' number) and a nearly 6 point reduction in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number), which will lower your risk, of stroke and heart disease.7\ healthy blood pressure reading is lower than 120/80. Take 10 seconds to measure your waist circumference. Maybe you've figured out how much extra weight you carry, but where do you carry it? Are you an apple or a pear? Studies show that those who carry weight around the middle tend to have higher blood pressure and cholesterol two risk factors for heart disease. "I like to see my female clients measuring less than 88 centimetres around the waist and the men less than 102 centimetres," says cardi ologist and Heart and Stroke Foundation spokesperson Dr. Beth Abramson. "If you haven't already got one, get a tape measure. It's as vital to your health as a scale."The best way to whittle down your middle is to be phys ically active - walking, hiking, jogging, biking as often as you can. Bud Farris Sales Representative At Your Service! Direct Direct sandra.zulauf@ bellnet.ca bfarris @ cogeco.ca Aboutowne Realty Corp., Realtor David & Korrie-Sue Mashall Sales Representative HELPING PUT A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD Direct marie-cochrane@coldwellbanker.ca HOME & FAMILY Your home, your future, our priority Gwen Angell-Mighton Mortgage Consultant Bob Cwirenko Sales Representative AN INTELLIGENT WAY TO GET A MORTGAGE Providing competent, professional & courteous service Direct Direct 905.469.4598 gwen.angell@sympatico.ca r f 0 MORTGAGE INTELLIGENCE cwir@rogers.com Barry Burrows Sales Representative Ross Tollstam Sales Representative "A journey o f 1000 miles begins with a single step Call Barry to start your journey today. HELPING HOME BUYERS & SELLERS WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICE m m i Direct y U X d Z D . / / / / barry-burrows@ coldwelibanker.ca HOME & FAMILY Donna Cutler Sales Representative Yvonne Andersen Sales Representative Talk to Donna... it will be the best MOVE you ever make. Direct donna@ donnacutler.com I w ill provide you with Knowledge, Skills and Experience, plus Service at its best. Direct y U i . M i . y I O U yandersen @ century2 1miller.com M iller Real Estate Ltd. HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO F in d in g a n s w e r s . F o r life . www.heartandstroke.ca