Step up and care for your heart - We've seen a definite rise in heart disease over the past twenty years; heart problems are on the increase and are starting to affect people at a much younger age.
This increase in heart disease is driven by an unhealthy lifestyle. Too much junk food, too much sitting in front of electronic screens and too much stress: It is apparent that there is a need for concerted effort across the region to try to reduce the heart diseases and related diseases such as high blood pressure.
Change is an important part of living with heart disease or trying to prevent it. An increase in blood pressure or cholesterol means you must make lifestyle changes. Heart attack and stroke survivors are often told to alter a lifetime of habits.
Some people manage to overhaul their exercise pattern, diet, and unhealthy habits with ease. The rest of us try to make changes, but don’t always succeed. Instead of undertaking a huge makeover, you might be able to improve your heart’s health with a series of small changes. Once you get going, you may find that change isn’t so hard. This approach may take longer, but it could also motivate you to make some big changes.
The next generation is on the verge of a health disaster, with fat and salt-soaked fast food, and a couch potato lifestyle being blamed for hoards of overweight school children all over the world.
For some children, obesity brings not just health worries, but a string of problems such as low self-esteem and failure to enjoy sport at school.
Here are 10 small steps to keeping your heart healthy:
This increase in heart disease is driven by an unhealthy lifestyle. Too much junk food, too much sitting in front of electronic screens and too much stress: It is apparent that there is a need for concerted effort across the region to try to reduce the heart diseases and related diseases such as high blood pressure.
Change is an important part of living with heart disease or trying to prevent it. An increase in blood pressure or cholesterol means you must make lifestyle changes. Heart attack and stroke survivors are often told to alter a lifetime of habits.
Some people manage to overhaul their exercise pattern, diet, and unhealthy habits with ease. The rest of us try to make changes, but don’t always succeed. Instead of undertaking a huge makeover, you might be able to improve your heart’s health with a series of small changes. Once you get going, you may find that change isn’t so hard. This approach may take longer, but it could also motivate you to make some big changes.
The next generation is on the verge of a health disaster, with fat and salt-soaked fast food, and a couch potato lifestyle being blamed for hoards of overweight school children all over the world.
For some children, obesity brings not just health worries, but a string of problems such as low self-esteem and failure to enjoy sport at school.
Here are 10 small steps to keeping your heart healthy:
- Get a 10-minute walk. If you don’t exercise at all, a brief walk is a great way to start. If you do, it’s a good way to regulate your heart beat.
- Start the day with 10 minutes of exercise endorphins released during exercise to calm you down. Download my award winning mini morning workout from ardenhealth.com.
- Eat one extra fruit or vegetable a day. Fruits and vegetables are inexpensive, taste good, and are good for everything from your brain to your bowels.
- Make breakfast count. Start the day with some fruit and a serving of whole grains, like oatmeal, bran flakes, and plain yoghurt.
- Stop drinking your calories. Make water your main drink of the day. Cut out sugar-sweetened sodas and cut down on coffee and tea. These are treats.
- Have a handful of nuts. Walnuts, almonds, unsalted peanuts, and other nuts are good for your heart. Eat nuts instead of chips or cookies.
- Eat fish and cut down on red meat. It’s good for the heart, the brain, and the waistline.
- Breathe deeply. Try breathing slowly and deeply for a few minutes a day. It can help you relax. Slow, deep breathing may also help lower blood pressure.
- Wash your hands often. Scrubbing up with soap and water often during the day is a great way to protect your heart and health. The flu, pneumonia, and other infections can be very hard on the heart.
- Count your blessings. Be happy with the little things in life. Taking a moment each day to count the blessings in your life is one way to start tapping into other positive emotions. These have been linked with better health, longer life, just as their opposites — chronic anger, worry, can contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease. Enjoy the good and accept what you cannot change and move on. ( arabnews.com )
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