Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. The changes that must be made are: diet, exercise and stress control.
Conditions that affect the heart or blood vessels through heart attack, stroke, and heart failure kill 20.5 million people each year.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. Combined, conditions that affect the heart or blood vessels through heart attack, Stroke, heart failure, kills 20.5 million people each year.
Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries and “80% of premature deaths from CVD can be prevented by making small changes in our lifestyle.”
“The changes that must be made are: diet, exercise and stress control. Thus, we can better control the health of our heart and overcome cardiovascular diseases,” says Dr. Valeria El Haj.
The three healthy habits for heart care are:
- Healthy and complete diet: balanced diet, consume foods with Omega 3 (fish), control cholesterol level (animal fats), lower salt content (sodium) in the diet and reduce alcohol consumption.
- Physical activity: The benefits of physical exercise on cardiovascular health develop from its actions on risk factors and the endothelium, with the consequent reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Exercise demonstrated benefits in multiple aspects of cardiovascular health and function. Physically active individuals have lower blood pressure levels, greater insulin sensitivity, and a more favorable lipid profile. Positive cardiac effects have also been demonstrated with improved cardiac function and reduction in basal heart rate and the development of arrhythmias, known changes. like “athlete’s heart.” Fifteen minutes of exercise a day reduces the death rate from any cause by 14%.
- Smoking cessation: avoiding tobacco consumption helps prevent suffering a myocardial infarction. Smokers are at greater risk of developing acute cardiovascular events at an early age than non-smokers.
These are basic and fundamental axes to avoid cardiovascular events, helping to maintain blood pressure at normal values, reduce abdominal perimeter, maintain low LDL “bad” cholesterol values and improve HDL “good” cholesterol.
“It is important to know that cardiovascular diseases can be avoided with simple measures that we can implement on a daily basis. Small steps make a big difference and allow us to live healthier. We need a healthy heart that accompanies us throughout our lives,” he says. Dr. Débora Vizcaíno.
Source: Ambito
