9 Ways to Minimize your heart disease and keep your heart healthy
As they say ”Precaution is better than cure”. We too believe in the saying that is why we came up with 7 ways to minimize your heart disease and keep your heart healthy.
In today’s life, 1 out of 4 people die because of heart disease-Dr. Monik Mehta(Cardiologist).
The reasons for heart diseases today being so common among people is due to poor lifestyle which could be due to poor diet, high Blood Pressure, high blood cholesterol level, Diabetes, Obesity, Stress, Smoking, Drinking, Poor Hygiene, Age, Gender, Family History, Certain chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy for cancer, etc. In today’s era, every 3rd person is suffering from poor heart health. There are multiple heart diseases that are getting common day by day which are arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, Ischemic, congenital, rheumatic, cyanotic, valvular, cyanotic congenital and coronary heart disease, etc.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be a game-changer for your heart’s health. So let’s dig into how you can maintain a healthy lifestyle.
1. Eat Healthy, live healthy
Plant-based foods are a very healthy source for your body and heart that can help you prevent cardiovascular disease. Fruits and vegetables are something that can help you lower your high-calorie food intake. Apart from Fruits and vegetables, whole grain is a good source of fiber and other nutrients. Whole grains help you in regulating your blood pressure and cholesterol. The way consuming nutrients, proteins, fiber is important for your heart’s health there are some elements which one should reduce like sodium. Sodium can cause high blood pressure which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
2. Exercise daily
Working out daily just for half an hour can do miracles to your body. Exercise can improve blood circulation, which automatically helps you to reduce the risk of developing clots or blockage in the arteries. Exercising regularly reduces/prevents high blood pressure and lowers the risk of diabetes, which is a risk factor for heart disease. According to Cardiologist “Working out can help keep your heart toned, strong just like any muscle of your body” and protects you from various types of heart diseases.
3. Visit Your Doctor regularly
When was the last time you went for a checkup? Uh-huh, we thought so. going once a year for screening tests. By seeing your doctor regularly, you can gain a better understanding of your body and any health concerns (and not just limited to heart health, either). By visiting a doctor regularly you keep your body in check. Regular visits to a doctor give you a good track of your blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease problems. Regular checkups not only good for your body but it gives you a mental relief as well.
4. Quit Smoking
There are multiple types of heart disease causes and smoking is one of them. Smoking regularly can affect your heart and body in multiple ways-speed up your heart rate, develop blood clots which lead to heart attack, raises blood pressure, reduces oxygen your heart gets, harms your blood vessels including those in your heart. Soon you quit smoking, your odds of getting heart disease will drop. Quit smoking not only keeps your heart healthy but it will give your lungs a new life to live for.
5. Drink Less
Moderate drinking helps your heart in a few ways-raises good cholesterol levels, prevents blood from clotting, prevents damage caused by bad cholesterol. heavy drinking can give you some serious disease of the heart muscle called cardiomyopathy and can cause irregular heart rhythms, called arrhythmias
6. Start moving your body
No matter how much you work out daily, eat healthily, don’t drink, don’t smoke and follow a healthy lifestyle but sitting for a long time in one place could put your heart at risk. When you sit for a long time the blood flow of the body slows down due to which fatty acids in the blood vessels develop. When you sit you don’t use your muscles due to which muscles lose strength and ability to support other body symptoms. “Sitting at one place for a long period of time doesn’t allow the variability for your heart rate and blood pressure”. So start moving your body
7. Healthy sleeping
For a healthy heart, sleeping is a very important element. Lack of sleep raises the risk of heart diseases like cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease. Shorter sleep worsens your hypertension(high blood pressure)and type 2 diabetes Problems. Again no matter how good is your lifestyle, eating and drinking habits if you don’t have a healthy sleep routine then you are at high risk of various types of heart disease. But avoid oversleeping too because the same may be true for oversleeping. So plan accordingly & sleep well.
8. Meditate
A Cardiologist says“Anxiety and stress are deleterious to the heart”. Anxiety can cause- rapid heart rate(tachycardia), raises blood pressure, decrease heart rate variability. Although there is no direct relationship between heart disease and anxiety but anxiety can lead to depression which further leads to some serious problems like heart failure syndrome(cardiomyopathy). Meditation and yoga help you fix such ignorant and crucial problems. Meditation is helpful in heart disease treatments
9. Take care of yourself
Don’t limit yourself from trying any form of self-care that soothes your soul, body, and heart. Also, don’t forget to visit your dentist regularly because oral health can also have an effect on your heart. Now go on, Pamper yourself in order to keep your soul happy. After all,” a healthy soul can lead to a healthy heart”. Dr. Monik Mehta(Cardiologist) recommend you to surround yourself with happy people and a healthy environment.
Happy environment, Happy you, Happy heart.
Best Wishes from HealthyHeartsGurgaon
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