Your heart health is the center of your body that is accountable for overall good health. The heart pumps nutrient-rich blood throughout your body and supplies oxygen while removing toxins and waste. Since it is the center of your cardiovascular system, it is vitally responsible for many things, ranging from the transportation of oxygen to the well-being of your immune system.
However, embracing a healthy lifestyle at any age can lower your risk for a heart attack or stroke and prevent heart disease.
PSR encourages you to take healthy steps to help protect against heart disease.
Regular Physical Activity
Regular physical activity will help you maintain a healthy weight. It will lower your blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and cholesterol. A healthy lifestyle will ensure the risks for heart diseases are decreased.
Healthy Eating Habits
Eating foods that are high in saturated fat and trans fat may lead to heart disease.
Choose healthy meals and snacks over junk and processed food to help prevent the complications of heart diseases. Cut off unhealthy munching and processed food, instead eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Habits to inculcate
- Eating high-fiber foods and consuming foods with low saturated fats, trans fat, and cholesterol to prevent high cholesterol.
- Limiting salt or sodium intake in your diet can also lower your blood pressure.
- To prevent or control diabetes, limiting sugar in your diet is a helpful step that can lower your blood sugar level.
- Avoid drinking too much alcohol as it can raise your blood pressure.
Weight Management
Carrying extra weight puts extra stress on the heart and blood vessels which is why people with overweight or obese are at a higher risk for heart disease. Physical activity and regular exercise can help you maintain a healthy weight. It will also help in lowering your blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
For adults, an average of 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, like brisk walking or bicycling, is recommended by experts every week. On the other hand, children and youth should get 1 hour of physical activity every day.
Quit Addictions
Smoking cigarettes highly increases your risk for heart disease. Get help and try to quit it as soon as possible to prevent heart disease. Avoid alcohol consumption as much as you can.
You should get cholesterol tested at least once every 4 to 6 years. You may need to have your cholesterol checked more often if you already have been diagnosed with high cholesterol or have a family history of the condition. If you have diabetes, monitor your blood sugar levels more frequently. Consult your doctor for certain lifestyle changes that will help keep your blood sugar under control. Closely following actions will help reduce your risk for heart disease.
Cardiac Markers
In case you doubt any issues with your heart functioning, you can consult your doctor for specific cardiac markers such as Trop T, Myo, NT-proBNP and CK-MB. They can help you in early diagnosis of any damage to cardiac muscles or help in detecting any probability of cardiac arrest. On this World Heart Day, PSR (providing a range of IVD equipment such as Lamuno Plus and eClia) encourages all to begin with healthier habits and protect their heart health.
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