5 tips to take care of your heart health |
Posted: August 1, 2020 |
Our cardiac health depends directly on the lifestyle we carry out, which must include physical activity and a healthy diet in our daily routine. Long working hours force us to sit for hours, then get on a bus, get home, eat and sleep. This lifestyle is the main cause of sedentary lifestyle and the enemy of our heart health. Given this reality, Dr. Alexis Lama, cardiologist ofIntegraMedical, warns of another factor that directly affects our heart, assuring that "poor diet notably affects cardiac health. Every year 17.5 million people die from cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart and cerebrovascular disease. They are the number one cause of death worldwide. In fact, 30% of these are premature deaths in people aged 30 to 69 years. The World Health Organization estimates that the number will rise to 23 million in 2030. For this reason, strategies have been organized to reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases. 5 tips to take care of your heart health If you have a sedentary lifestyle, a diet high in sodium and are a smoker, check your blood pressure, since hypertension. It is a silent disease, but with disabling consequences, causing heart and kidney problems. Performing a physical examination is the most effective option to rule out possible cardiac pathologies, as well as performing an electrocardiogram through ultrasound, allowing the heart to be seen from within and detecting abnormalities that are not clinically manifested. Cardiologists recommend taking the following five permanent measures to care for heart health:
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