Heart Health
We have only one heart, protect it from diseases. How
can we protect our heart from disease? Eating healthy
heart diet is key to keeping heart diseases at bay.
Foods that you eat affect your heart. Select your food
care fully. Eating less fat and sodium reduce the risk
for heart diseases. Eating more fiber help you maintain
good health.
Here are some tips that definitely help
you:
* Total fat intake should be less than 30 percent of
total calories daily.
* Saturated fatty acid intake should be less than 10
percent of total calories daily.
* Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake should be no more
that 10 percent of total calories daily.
* Monounsaturated fatty acids make up the rest of total
fat intake, about 10 to 15 percent of total calories
daily.
* Cholesterol intake should be no more than 300
milligrams per day.
* Sodium intake should be no more than 3000 milligrams
per day.
* Choose a diet moderate in salt and sodium.
* Maintain or improve your weight.
* Eat plenty of grain products, fruits and vegetables.
Cholesterol
and Heart
Excersie for Healthy Heart Cholesterol is an essential
for the normal functioning of our body. If the amount of
cholesterol increases, it will create heart diseases.
Lowering the cholesterol level lower the risk for heart
disease. Here are some tips that helps you reduce the
risk for heart disease.
Keep the Heart clean.
It is the heart that pumps nutrient-rich blood
throughout the body. The work of heart increases if you
smoke, take drugs or drink alcohol. That will badly
affect the normal functioning of your heart.
The risk of having a heart attack will double, if you
smoke. That may result in a sudden cardiac death. By
stopping your habit of smoking, you are reducing the
risk for heart disease. Same is the case of drinking
alcohol also. The blood cannot nourish the heart , if it
contains alcohol.
Different types of heart diseases
Following a good diet, keeping the heart clean and
exercising regularly Keep you your heart away from the
dangerous heart diseases. Heart diseases have become the
leading cause of death. Do you know the different types
of heart disease?
* Coronary artery diseases (Heart attack comes under
this category)
* Abnormal heart rhythms
* Heart failure
* Heart valve disease
* Congential heart disease
* Heart muscle diseae
* Pericardial disease
* Aorta disease
* Vascular disease
General information regarding heart
diseases
* Individuals suffering from heart disease are at risk
of having a stroke.
* When a woman has a heart attack, she has a poorer
chance of survival than a man does.
* Heart disease kills more women each year than all
forms of cancer, chronic lung disease, pneumonia,
diabetes, accidents and AIDS combined.
* Individuals who suffer from depression are three to
four times more likely to die of cardiac causes than
individuals who do not suffer from depression.
* Heart attacks and strokes could be an early form of
scurvy. |
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