Heart Facts
- More than 60,000 miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries in an adult body pulsate to a muscular rhythm-100,000 heartbeats a day. Kahn J. "Mending Broken Hearts." National Geographic, p.46, Feb. 2007.
- Your heart is about the same size as your fist. ~An average adult body contains about five quarts of blood. ~ All the blood vessels in the body joined end to end would stretch 62,000 miles or two and a half times around the earth. ~ The heart circulates the body's blood supply about 1,000 times each day. ~ The heart pumps the equivalent of 5,000 to 6,000 quarts of blood each day.http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/top.html
Heart Websites to visit:
Cleveland Clinic
American Heart Association
Heart Healthy Living by Better Homes and Gardens. This site offers information on heart disease, attacks and strokes to healthy recipes and fitness:
Natural Old Home Remedies offers their Heart Healthy tips:
Mama's Health.com, another great website with ideas and tips on maintaining a healthy heart.
MSN health and fitness page:
Disclaimer: Cardio Art provides informtion on the heart for entertainment purposes only. If your heart is at risk, you should contact your cardiologist or PCP. In cases of emergency dial 911.
