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10 Ways to Keep your Heart Healthy
Has Valentine?s Day left you with a broken heart?
Chances are it was something to do with your Lifestyle
Choices rather than unrequited love or an office crush.
There are many seemingly small things that can combine or build up to have a destructive effect on our blood pressure, arteries and eventually our heart.
The good news is there are plenty of things you can do to avoid conditions such as high cholesterol, hypertension, heart attack or stroke. Follow our top tips to keep your ticker healthy, until next Valentine?s Day at least?
1. British People consume an alarmingly high level of salt (excess levels of which raise blood pressure and can lead to heart attacks and strokes) and campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health recently argued that we eat twice as much salt as we should in this country and claimed that 35,000 would be saved if the average daily amount consumed dropped to 6g.
2.Research in 2003 showed that Women who sleep five hours a night or less were linked with a higher risk of heart disease, and just on 14 February 2007 a study claimed that taking a siesta in the middle of the day may reduce the risk, particularly in young men. Sleep deprivation is thought to increase blood pressure and hormone levels, which also affect the heart.
3. Guzzle antioxidants
Antioxidants, which are present in certain foods (Ref to JE Top 10 Anti-Oxydants), prevent the oxidation of the bad type of cholesterol and thus stopping your arteries from clogging up, possibly leading to a heart attack. Antioxidants can be found in tea and a great number of fruit and vegetables.
4. To the list of reasons why taking regular exercise is a good idea, add the fact that it lowers the risk of heart disease. Working out lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels and improves your circulation. You don?t have to pound the treadmill for an hour every night to feel the difference ? try walking to work or getting off the bus a few stops further from the office.
5. Chill out
British are getting worse at managing their stress levels. In particular, many of us find that our jobs are causing our anxiety levels to sore. Stress has been linked to coronary heart disease, so it is important to remember that, in the bigger scheme of things, what is going on in the office isn?t that important, and certainly not as important as your health.
6. Achieve marital bliss
A study carried out at the University of Utah in 2006 found that marital rows could often lead to the hardening of arteries. It claimed that arterial disease in women was caused by a partner demonstrating hostility, whereas in men it was linked to the partner being controlling. It is believed that these factors caused the release of a certain chemical that may increase the risk of heart disease.
7.Go potty for Potassium
The right balance of potassium is required to properly regulate electrical impulses to the heart and keep it pumping healthily. A low level of potassium can lead to an irregular heartbeat. Good sources include bananas, potatoes, avocados, oranges, raisins, figs and strawberries.
8.If you are already a non-smoker: good for you.
If not, then the best thing you can do to avoid coronary heart disease is to kick the habit pronto. According to Heart Research UK, smoking just five cigarettes a day can double the chance of having a heart attack. What more motivation could you need than that?
9.Many people assume that cholesterol is bad for their heart, but in fact there are good and bad types of cholesterol and high levels of the latter are in fact good for the heart. And because the cholesterol level in our blood depends, to some extent, on What We Eat, it?s important to get clued up on the foods that contain the good, and the bad, types of cholesterol.
Chances are it was something to do with your Lifestyle
Choices rather than unrequited love or an office crush.
There are many seemingly small things that can combine or build up to have a destructive effect on our blood pressure, arteries and eventually our heart.
The good news is there are plenty of things you can do to avoid conditions such as high cholesterol, hypertension, heart attack or stroke. Follow our top tips to keep your ticker healthy, until next Valentine?s Day at least?
1. British People consume an alarmingly high level of salt (excess levels of which raise blood pressure and can lead to heart attacks and strokes) and campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health recently argued that we eat twice as much salt as we should in this country and claimed that 35,000 would be saved if the average daily amount consumed dropped to 6g.
2.Research in 2003 showed that Women who sleep five hours a night or less were linked with a higher risk of heart disease, and just on 14 February 2007 a study claimed that taking a siesta in the middle of the day may reduce the risk, particularly in young men. Sleep deprivation is thought to increase blood pressure and hormone levels, which also affect the heart.
3. Guzzle antioxidants
Antioxidants, which are present in certain foods (Ref to JE Top 10 Anti-Oxydants), prevent the oxidation of the bad type of cholesterol and thus stopping your arteries from clogging up, possibly leading to a heart attack. Antioxidants can be found in tea and a great number of fruit and vegetables.
4. To the list of reasons why taking regular exercise is a good idea, add the fact that it lowers the risk of heart disease. Working out lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels and improves your circulation. You don?t have to pound the treadmill for an hour every night to feel the difference ? try walking to work or getting off the bus a few stops further from the office.
5. Chill out
British are getting worse at managing their stress levels. In particular, many of us find that our jobs are causing our anxiety levels to sore. Stress has been linked to coronary heart disease, so it is important to remember that, in the bigger scheme of things, what is going on in the office isn?t that important, and certainly not as important as your health.
6. Achieve marital bliss
A study carried out at the University of Utah in 2006 found that marital rows could often lead to the hardening of arteries. It claimed that arterial disease in women was caused by a partner demonstrating hostility, whereas in men it was linked to the partner being controlling. It is believed that these factors caused the release of a certain chemical that may increase the risk of heart disease.
7.Go potty for Potassium
The right balance of potassium is required to properly regulate electrical impulses to the heart and keep it pumping healthily. A low level of potassium can lead to an irregular heartbeat. Good sources include bananas, potatoes, avocados, oranges, raisins, figs and strawberries.
8.If you are already a non-smoker: good for you.
If not, then the best thing you can do to avoid coronary heart disease is to kick the habit pronto. According to Heart Research UK, smoking just five cigarettes a day can double the chance of having a heart attack. What more motivation could you need than that?
9.Many people assume that cholesterol is bad for their heart, but in fact there are good and bad types of cholesterol and high levels of the latter are in fact good for the heart. And because the cholesterol level in our blood depends, to some extent, on What We Eat, it?s important to get clued up on the foods that contain the good, and the bad, types of cholesterol.