You can lower your chances of stroke with an antioxidant-rich diet of fruits and vegetables. Exercise can keep arteries fit and flexible. The heart is made of muscle. That means use it or lose it. A sedentary lifestyle is one of the risk factors for heart disease.
Activity is essential.
The placenta connects a mother to her growing child by way of the umbilical cord. Through that connection everything a woman eats, drinks or breathes is passed on to the fetus. That's why smoking, drinking and taking some medications are dangerous during pregnancy. The veins in the legs carry blood back to the heart for refueling. Phlebitis is an inflamed blood clot on a vein wall.