If welist out the top ten causes of death in males, heart stroke would come third.Another bad news is that men are at higher risk of heart attack than women.(Talk of gender inequality!)

TheDepartment of Health and Human Services states that one in three men developssome or the other cardiovascular disease till he reaches 60 years of age.

Can doyou anything about heart disease? Yes! Although certain risk factors aregenetic, most of the causes of heart disorders erupt from an unhealthylifestyle. Change it and you can change your life for the better!

4 Biggest Factors Of Heart Disease

UNHEALTHYDIET ? love that steak? Well, it's teeming with saturated fats that can blockyour arteries! There was a time when men ate large portions of meat withoutworrying about cholesterol. They used to perform strenuous physical work infactories and fields; hence, their body actually needed such food. Today,millions of men sit comfortably in air-conditioned offices doing no physicalwork at all. The fat gets no chance toburn and simply keeps building up in the body.

In addition to this, men skip breakfast intheir rush to reach office. The result? They gobble huge lunches and dinnerscontaining high fat foods ? a direct invitation to heart attack!

NO EXERCISE ? a sedentary lifestyle is badfor your heart. Women have an advantage here. They do most of the housework,which burns their fat. Well, guys, we aren't telling you to wash dishes, butyou must indulge in some form of physical exercise. Walking, swimming, playingbasketball, jogging, aerobics, and other such activities are good for the heart.

SHORT TEMPER ? blowing off your lid at everytrivial issue can risk your life. Sudden burst of emotions raises the bloodpressure, adrenalin levels, and heart rate. Anger is definitely destructive.

SMOKING ? smoking cigarettes increases yourrisk of coronary heart disease. Your blood pressure increases, your workoutability decreases, and there's a higher chance for blood clotting. Smoking alsoraises LDL (bad) cholesterol level and reduces HDL (good) cholesterol level.Males who smoke are at a greater risk of embolic strokes than females. (In an embolicstroke, a clot of blood passes from the heart to some other part of the bodylike the brain or neck and clogs the blood vessel.)

Lastly, men usually refrain from visitingthe doctor. Call it male ego or whatever, but it's not a good thing when itcomes to matters of the heart.