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# Flora pro.activ: How to boost your heart health
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## Keeping fit and active is a great way to stay healthy. If you're feeling a
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bit out of shape, how about making a step to change your life?
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4:58PM GMT 04 Feb 2011
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In this [**series of features from Flora pro.activ**][1], we'll show you how
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to make a step change to your life, with advice, information and inspirational
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true-life stories.
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![Coralin Harrison combines exercise, good diet and Flora pro.activ to stay
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healthy. ][2]
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Coralin Harrison combines exercise, good diet and Flora pro.activ to stay
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healthy.
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This time we take a look at how to get invaluable exercise that will improve
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your heart health and lower your cholesterol.
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Coralin Harrison is 65 and retired, but keeps really active and has recently
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made big changes to her life.
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'My husband was advised to lower his cholesterol, which inspired me to make
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positive changes to our lifestyles to get fitter and more healthy. So we
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started to use Flora pro.activ each day and I joined a running club and a
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pilates class. I feel much healthier and my weight has stabilised.
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'After a breakfast of porridge with prunes and a Flora pro.activ Mini Health
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Drink, I go for a five- to eight-mile run, then cool down with 30 minutes of
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Pilates.
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'I exercise at least three times a week. I eat healthily, mainly low-fat meat
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and lots of fruit and vegetables. My aim is to get as fit as possible and to
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lower my cholesterol and blood pressure.'
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**Get out there! **
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Everything from walking the dog to running a marathon can help your own heart
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health. Taking more exercise helps you look and feel better and can help keep
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your heart healthy.
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In addition to helping control blood pressure, blood glucose levels and
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cholesterol, exercise can help you lose weight. Even a short burst of
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activity, such as vacuuming or climbing the stairs, can get your heart pumping
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and boost circulation. With regular exercise you should notice the difference
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in only a few weeks.
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Your heart is a muscle and will get stronger through physical activity -
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especially cardiovascular exercise such as walking, swimming and dancing.
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But you don't have to join a gym or an exercise class, just work more activity
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into your everyday life. Experts recommend we should aim to be moderately
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active for 30 minutes a day, most days of the week.
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Try getting off the bus one stop early, swimming, dancing, taking part in a
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favourite sport, riding an exercise bike while watching television, or doing
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some gardening.
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**How Flora pro.activ can help you to stay healthy**
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Flora pro.activ foods contain plant sterols, which are clinically proven to
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lower bad cholesterol by seven to 10 per cent when taken daily, and a further
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five per cent when moving to a healthier diet and lifestyle.*
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They can form a valuable part of your heart health regime, along with diet and
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exercise.
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Flora pro.activ is perfect, whether you're lowering cholesterol through diet
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or using cholesterol-lowering medication, such as statins, although always ask
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your GP whether Flora pro.activ foods are suitable for you.
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They may not be appropriate for pregnant and breastfeeding women, or children.
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*Consuming three portions of Flora pro.activ spread or one Mini Health Drink
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per day can lower cholesterol in two to three weeks.
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## [Flora pro.activ][1]
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* ### [Sponsored »][8]
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* ### [Health »][9]
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### [Time to create a healthier lifestyle][10]
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[![Switching to Flora pro.activ can help you to lower your cholesterol and
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lead a healthy, happy lifestyle. ][11] ][10]
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### [How to boost your heart health][12]
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[![Coralin Harrison][13] ][12]
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Cholesterol facts
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### [Cholesterol levels in men and women][16]
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[![Vince and Anna Bertolone are both using Flora pro.activ to help keep their
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cholesterol levels down. ][17] ][16]
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We all need low cholesterol but men and women differ. Here's how anyone can
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make a change.
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### [Fighting family cholesterol history][18]
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[![If you have a family history of high cholesterol, taking preventative steps
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such as exercising and eating Flora pro.activ can help to keep your heart
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healthy. ][19] ][18]
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A family history of high cholesterol doesn't mean you can't take steps to keep
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your heart healthy.
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[1]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/
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[2]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/jan_1819043f.jpg
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[10]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303652/Flora-pro.activ-Time-for-
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you-to-create-a-healthier-lifestyle.html
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[11]:
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/cholesterol_1819030g.jpg
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[12]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303720/Flora-pro.activ-How-to-
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boost-your-heart-health.html
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[13]:
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[14]:
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[15]: http://http://www.floraproactiv.co.uk/
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[16]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303804/Flora-pro.activ-Lowering-
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cholesterol-in-men-and-women.html
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[17]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/couple_1819084e.jpg
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[18]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303946/Flora-pro.activ-Fighting-
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family-cholesterol-history.html
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[19]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/family_1819129e.jpg
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