17 worst habits for your heart

POSTED: 11:32 AM PST Feb 26, 2013 UPDATED: 07:01 AM PDT Apr 10, 2013

Find out which of these 17 habits that are bad for your heart you may be breaking.

Heart Habits - Not Flossing — 15 / 19

4. Not Flossing -- No one really knows why, but there's a strong link between gum disease and heart disease. The sticky plaque that builds up over time may trigger inflammation in the body, so it's better to floss regularly than not.

Heart Habits - Generic

Fast food french fries

salt shaker shaking out salt

Obese men fat belly

fresh peaches, fruit

pills_medicine

Heart Habits - Smoking

Calendar pages

Beef, steak fajita

stethoscope, doctor, patient

Eating, food, burger, hamburger, mouth

Whiskey, bourbon

running

Depression

Heart Habits - Not Flossing

Heart Habits - Snoring

stress

woman with remote watching TV in the dark

Blood Pressure

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