Now don’t blame your heart for breaking (literally). Blame
yourself as you haven’t been cautious enough. Maybe your heart still hasn’t
broken but it may if you are not moving on the right track. It is highly
essential to find, if or not you are leading a proper life that’s
heart-friendly.
The kind of life majority of people lead, especially in this decade, is undoubtedly prone to various unhealthy lifestyle. This impacts the body variously and the heart is what we will be talking about.
According to reports of the world
health organization, as much as 17.9 million people have lost their lives to
heart-related diseases, accounting to 31% of the global deaths.
This calls for
awareness as this is alarming. Traditionally, unhealthy eating has been mostly
blamed for heart complications but studies say otherwise. Not only eating but
lifestyle plays a significant role in the same. Read on to find how to take
charge on your heart’s health.
For your sake, quit smoking.
We know you’ve heard enough of the infamous ‘quit smoking’
phrase, and we too are repeating the same. It is often the case with a majority
of people that they either overlook or does not believe that smoking is
magnanimously detrimental to their health. Keeping aside other major health
issues that come with smoking, if we focus on the heart, it calls for an
immediate stop to smoking. For example, Coronary heart diseases (CHD) are
associated with smoking. This can further drag to heart attacks, heart failure,
arrhythmias, and even death. So, no to
tobacco in any form.
A chubby
you mean a haggard heart.
Obesity causes heart disease. And to some extent, your
lifestyle is to be blamed for making you chubby. No, it’s not cute. A little
fat is okay as long as it does not extend beyond limits. An improper lifestyle
like lack of physical movement, distorted sleep cycle, especially improper diet
among others contributes to obesity. This translates to more weight, more blood
pressure and consequently more heart-related complications. Eat more fruits and
veggies and less meat and saturated fat.
Check on stress.
If you get stressed often, or that your lifestyle is prone
to making you stressed (work pressure and the like), then you ought to maintain
that. Stress can lead to hypertension, cholesterol and therefore heart diseases
if uncontrolled (which is often the case).
Stay physically active.
Think this part creatively. You should stay physically
active, and that’s not all exercise. You guessed it right! Researchers are to
the opinion that playing between the sheets more often not only increases the
happiness quotient of your life but also is heart-friendly. However, don’t
underestimate the exercise part. That’s equally healthy and important.
Engage in little things that make
you happy.
Apart from quitting tobacco, checking your diet and obesity,
halt the stress and stay physically more active. Do become happy! Now, we can’t
suggest what makes you happy but can surely say that engaging in pieces of
stuff that makes you happy is good for your heart (the metaphorical heart too).
Go to a movie with your besties, a date with your bf, long chitchat with your
mom, play a session with your siblings or whatever that give you genuine
happiness. Studies have proved happiness has good direct effects on heart
health.
Now you know a few heart-healthy lifestyle changes.
Considering the fact it’s easier to become sick than stay healthy in today’s
date, it calls for a more firm take on these matters.
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