{"id":84804,"date":"2013-01-31T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=84804"},"modified":"2013-01-31T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:24:56","slug":"wear-red-day-for-womens-heart-health-is-february-1-help-stop-the-leading-killer-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/wear-red-day-for-womens-heart-health-is-february-1-help-stop-the-leading-killer-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Wear Red Day for Women&#8217;s Heart Health is February 1: Help Stop the Leading Killer of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"wear red for women\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/wear-red-day-for-womens-heart-health-is-february-1-help-stop-the-leading-killer-of-women\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84805\" title=\"go red for women\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/go-red-for-women.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/go-red-for-women.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/go-red-for-women-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, February 1, 2026 is National Wear Red Day. It occurs on the first Friday of February, recognized as <strong><a title=\"heart health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/heart-disease\">Heart Health Month<\/a><\/strong>, for the past 10 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"heart disease in women\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/cardiovascular-disease-remains-number-1-killer-in-u-s-as-medication-compliance-staggers\/\">Heart disease is the #1 killer of women<\/a><\/strong>. It causes more deaths than all cancers combined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the Go Red for Women awareness campaign started 10 years ago, more than 600,000 womens&#8217; lives have been saved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Symptoms for heart disease are very different in women than in men, and thus special awareness and care should be taken.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart disease prevention starts with lifestyle, and women should stop smoking, manage blood sugar and blood pressure, exercise and stay active, eat a healthful diet, and manage a healthy weigh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart attack symptoms in women vary from men, and include sweating, chest pressure, nausea, jaw pain and short breath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goredforwomen.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Get more information at GoRedForWomen.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QnNQgr4iWvg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMore Women&#8217;s Heart Disease Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"heart health tips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/eat-5-move-10-sleep-8-to-improve-heart-health\/\">Eat 5, Move 10, Sleep 8 to Improve Heart Health<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"saltiest foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/avoid-the-salty-six-for-a-healthy-heart\/\">Avoid the Salty 6 for a Healthy Heart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"iphone heart monitor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthbubble.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/heart-monitoring-goes-mobile-with-alivecors-ekg-recorder\/\">Heart Monitoring Goes Mobile with AliveCor&#8217;s iPhone EKG Recorder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84806\" title=\"heart disease star jones\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/heart-disease-star-jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/heart-disease-star-jones.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/heart-disease-star-jones-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Have you signed up to unite against heart disease on Nat\u2019l <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23WearRedDay\">#WearRedDay<\/a> tomorrow? Strength in numbers. Sign up now: <a title=\"http:\/\/owl.li\/h77iu\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0KzTPc2T\">owl.li\/h77iu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Heart Truth (@TheHeartTruth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHeartTruth\/status\/297027116854292482\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>I&#8217;m wearing red tomorrow. Will you join me? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23NationalWearRedDay\">#NationalWearRedDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23BYHO2013\">#BYHO2013<\/a> @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/power2endstroke\">power2endstroke<\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/VJ9CViHWz8\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/33Iq0O6h\">instagr.am\/p\/VJ9CViHWz8\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FatFighterTV (@FatFighterTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FatFighterTV\/status\/297025127034527744\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Fruit &amp; Veggie Research&#8211;Find out if berries can reduce the risk of heart attack in women: <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/hhodD\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/I4hUkSak\">ow.ly\/hhodD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fruits Vegetables (@Fruits_Veggies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fruits_Veggies\/status\/296996526792785920\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, February 1, 2026 is National Wear Red Day. It occurs on the first Friday of February, recognized as Heart Health Month, for the past 10 years. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women. It causes more deaths than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/wear-red-day-for-womens-heart-health-is-february-1-help-stop-the-leading-killer-of-women\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,58],"tags":[2978,4377],"class_list":["post-84804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart-disease","category-womens-health","tag-american-heart-month","tag-the-american-heart-association"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84808,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84804\/revisions\/84808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}