Published By: Sougata Dutta

Tips For A Healthier Heart

How to keep the heart long living

One of the most important body organs for our survival is the heart. And so, it is very important to have a healthy heart in order to live a healthy life for a long time. In today's age of food adulteration and widespread environmental pollution, everyone's heart is already weak. If the body is treated arbitrarily, proper care is not taken, but it is very difficult to keep the heart healthy.

Nowadays, at least five out of every 100 people suffer from a heart attack or heart blockage, or heart failure on a daily basis. These diseases are deadly, and the treatments are highly expensive and risky. So if you don't take care of your heart beforehand, you may get into trouble later.

Do regular workout

Most of the research from institutes like AHA, CDC have addressed that high cholesterol is one of the prime causes of heart disease. In the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, an article has been published where the researchers have mentioned that one should be conscious about the middle portion of the body, especially about reducing belly fat to get a healthier and long-lasting heart. So, regular workout is very essential to reduce extra fat from the body. Regular workout helps in maintaining cholesterol level, sugar level, blood pressure, and a lot more things. It also helps in maintaining body flexibility, a healthy blood circulation, a good water cycle, BMR increase and hence it is very essential.

Put out all the stress

Mental stress is like poison for a healthy heart. People suffering from stress for a long period do usually suffer from heart diseases also. Stress imbalances the level of blood pressure, affects blood circulation, and imbalances the levels of hormones in the body and hence the heart gets affected. So, it is necessary to wipe out stress and anxiety for a healthy heart.

Professional counseling, regular check ups, laughing exercises, music and art therapies can help out in this case.

Leave smoking

We all know that smoking is injurious to health, yet most of people continue it without thinking about its consequences. Smoking is a process where a huge amount of carbon and other toxic elements are being absorbed directly by the lungs as long as it goes. Hence, blood circulation, and blood filtration gets affected and the heart has to suffer in any way. So, it is better to quit smoking as early as possible or at least reduce its consumption as much as possible.

Eat less oil

Oily foods are very harmful to the heart. It increases serum cholesterol, blood pressure, and body fat and hence affects the heart. So, eating less oil is healthier for our hearts.