Your Heart is in the Right Place Many people put their hand over their leſt chest, but your heart is actually located in the middle of your chest. Eat Your Heart Out Eating dark chocolate everyday reduces the risk of heart disease by one third. A Garden Variety The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Capillaries, on the other hand, are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thick- ness of a human hair. Not Just a Stone’s Throw Away Your body has about 5.6 liters (6 quarts) circulating through the body three times every minute. In one day, the blood travels a total of 12,000 miles -- that's four times the distance across the U.S. from coast to coast. Battle of the Sexes The average male heart weighs about 10 ounces, while a women’s heart weighs approximately 8 ounces. Women’s hearts make up for their smaller size by beating faster. LOL A good laugh can send 20% more blood flowing through your body. A Change of Heart Your heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to. And the Beat Goes On The heart begins beating at 4 weeks aſter conception, and doesn’t stop until death. Flex Your Muscle Over the course of your lifetime, your heart will pump one million barrels of blood … that’s enough blood to fill three super tankers! 1 2 3 Don’t Skip a Beat The “thump-thump” of a heartbeat is the sound made by the four valves of the heart closing. 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 Take it to Heart Your heart is the most important muscle in your body, so take care of it. To find a DMG Cardiologist visit DuPageMedicalGroup. com DuPageMedicalGroup.com
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Your Heart is in the Right PlaceMany people put their hand over their le� chest, but your heart is actually located in the middle of your chest.
Eat Your Heart OutEating dark chocolate everyday reduces the risk of heart disease by one third.
A Garden VarietyThe aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Capillaries, on the other hand, are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thick-ness of a human hair. Not Just a Stone’s
Throw AwayYour body has about 5.6 liters (6 quarts) circulating through the body three times every minute. In one day, the blood travels a total of 12,000 miles -- that's four times the distance across the U.S. from coast to coast. Battle of the Sexes
The average male heart weighs about 10 ounces, while a women’s heart weighs approximately 8 ounces. Women’s hearts make up for their smaller size by beating faster.
LOLA good laugh can send 20% more blood flowing through your body.
A Change of HeartYour heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to.
And the Beat Goes OnThe heart begins beating at 4 weeks a�er conception, and doesn’t stop until death.
Flex Your MuscleOver the course of your lifetime, your heart will pump one million barrels of blood … that’s enough blood to fill three super tankers!
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Don’t Skip a BeatThe “thump-thump” of a heartbeat is the sound made by the four valves of the heart closing.
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Take it to HeartYour heart is the most important muscle in your body, so take care of it. To find a DMG Cardiologist visit DuPageMedicalGroup. com DuPageMedicalGroup.com
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