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FINANCES HEALTH HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR HEART? T he Internet is full of different diet plans and exercises that one can do to avoid common heart-related illnesses such as heart disease. However, there are still cases of people becoming ill and even dying without showing any signs of an unhealthy heart. stressful event. It is believed that women experience this condition more than men. We are not implying that you should become an emotionless android to safeguard yourself against such an incident, as rare as it is. However, it is known that Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, performing activities every day more commonly known as can relieve stress levels and “broken heart syndrome”, is a reduce the risk of your heart condition that is caused by large “breaking”. amounts of stress hormones at once from an emotionally Text Source:http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/Cardiomyopathy/Is-Broken-Heart-Syndrome-Real_UCM_448547_Article.jsp#.V_ds2lwp-bI A healthy outside starts from the inside.” 8