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Ten printable guides for looking after your heart

The Heart Health Programme covers the things our customers ask us about most: what to say to your GP, how to take a home reading that counts, living with blood pressure tablets, the warning signs to know, and what to eat. Plain English, with the sources listed at the back of each one.

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£99.90 if you bought them one at a time. Sent by email as soon as you order.

The covers of the ten Heart Health Programme guides
The covers of the three starter pack guides

Not sure where to start?

If you only get three, get these: the GP appointment pack, the home readings guide and the 14-day plan before a BP check. Between them, you walk into your next appointment with readings your GP can use and the questions you meant to ask.

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£29.97 bought separately.

The ten guides

Each one is a PDF with sheets you can print and fill in: cards for your wallet, diaries, checklists and plans. Buy them one at a time, or get the set.

The nitric oxide guide

What nitric oxide does and the two ways your body makes it. Then the useful part: which everyday UK foods carry the nitrate, and the habits that get in its way (mouthwash is one).

  • The UK nitrate plate: which foods carry the most
  • A 4-week nitrate routine you can start this weekend
  • The mouthwash decision card
  • A 28-day habit tracker
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Stroke and heart attack: the warning signs, and the numbers that matter

How to spot a stroke or heart attack, what to do in the first ten minutes, when it's 999 and when it's 111, and the numbers worth knowing before anything happens.

  • A wallet card and an 'if I'm taken ill' fridge sheet
  • Which number do I call?
  • A household plan you can practise
  • My numbers card
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Your GP appointment pack

How to walk in with one sheet of paper, use ten minutes well, and walk out knowing the plan.

  • 'My heart health on one page' for your GP
  • How to mention supplements without it feeling like a confession
  • A question bank and a results translator
  • What to do if you feel brushed off
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Before your BP check: a 14-day plan

What two weeks can honestly change, how to take readings your clinician can trust, and what to do each day until your appointment.

  • A 14-day planner for the wall
  • A card for each of the 14 days
  • A salt swap sheet
  • The day-of checklist
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Living well on blood pressure medication

A cough, a dizzy spell: which side effects are normal, which usually settle, which don't, and how to get your GP or pharmacist to help.

  • Each type of BP tablet in everyday terms
  • Food, drink, supplements and over-the-counter medicines
  • Sick day rules and missed doses
  • Thinking of stopping? Read this first
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Home blood pressure readings that mean something

A home reading is only useful if your GP can trust it. This covers choosing a monitor, taking a reading the way the NHS means it, the 7-day check your GP uses, and what to do with a number that worries you.

  • A monitor trust check
  • The 7-day home reading diary
  • Clinic and home thresholds, side by side
  • A routine for people who get anxious measuring
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Cold hands and feet: a practical winter guide

Why your hands and feet go cold first, which kind of cold you might have, when it needs a doctor, and a winter routine that's warm without being risky.

  • Which kind of cold sounds like you?
  • When cold hands or feet need a GP
  • The warm-not-hot method
  • A 14-night 'warm feet by bedtime' plan
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Tired all the time?

Being tired all the time has a lot of possible causes. This helps you sort out which to raise with your GP, what you can change yourself, and where circulation fits in.

  • The red flags that shouldn't wait
  • What's worth ruling out with your GP
  • A fatigue diary
  • A four-week plan
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Heart-healthy eating

A UK kitchen book for your heart: the evidence in plain English, a 7-day plan, a shopping list and 24 recipes for one or two.

  • Salt: the biggest single change, and where it hides
  • The food and tablets page
  • A 7-day plan and shopping list
  • 24 recipes for one or two
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Life after a stent, heart attack or stroke

The first two weeks home, getting the most from rehab, your medicines, driving and work, and looking after the person beside you.

  • A recovery file and a 12-week planner
  • A 'nobody's called' script for chasing follow-up
  • A driving checklist
  • A pack for the person caring for you
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How it works

  1. Order
    Pick the set, the starter pack or single guides.
  2. Check your email
    Your download links arrive by email as soon as you order.
  3. Read, then print what you need
    Read on a phone, tablet or computer. Print the sheets at home on A4.

Questions

Is this medical advice?

No. The guides are general information to help you understand your numbers and have better conversations with your GP, nurse and pharmacist. They don't replace them. Never change or stop a prescribed medicine without talking to whoever prescribed it.

Do I need to take Daily Beets to use them?

No. We'd like it if you did, obviously. But the guides work without it.

Where does the information come from?

The NHS, NICE, the British Heart Foundation, Blood Pressure UK and published research. Each guide lists its sources at the back, so you can check anything for yourself.

Who are they for?

Anyone keeping an eye on their blood pressure or heart health, and the people looking out for them. Several guides include sheets for a partner or family member.

What if my email doesn't arrive?

Check your spam folder first. If it's not there within the hour, get in touch and we'll send your guides straight over.

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