How Lifestyle Factors are Helpful In Heart Disease Prevention?

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Interventional Cardiologist Apollo Hospitals,
Indore
Dr. Sarita Rao is a Sr. Interventional
Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Indore. She is
the first female Interventional Cardiologist in
Central India. She is Fellow of American College
of Cardiology(FACC) and Fellow of European
Society of Cardiology(FESC)
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How Lifestyle Factors are Helpful In Heart
Disease Prevention?
Heart diseases are one of the most common cause
of death all over the world, in heart diseases
the heart is unable to pump proper amount of
blood in the body which me also lead to other
serious complications, along with the heart
diseases there comes many complications which
might get severe with time and which also could
be main cause of death.
In several health conditions Lifestyle , age and
family history can increase the risk of heart
diseases, some of the risk factors for heart
diseases can't be stopped or controlled for
example age and family history but there are
several steps that we can take to lower down the
risk of heart diseases. Certain Lifestyle
changes, eating habits and other factors may
contribute for better heart health and it's
proper functioning.
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Conditions that can increase the risk of heart
diseases-

• High blood pressure- high blood pressure is the
  most common and the major risk factor for heart
  diseases, that blood pressure increases when the
  pressure of blood in the arteries and other
  vessels is too high, if the high blood pressure
  is not controlled on time it can leads to affect
  the heart and the major organs of the body which
  includes the brain and kidney.

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• Unhealthy cholesterol levels- cholesterol can
  also be a factor that affects most of the people
  and leads to heart disease, cholesterol forms a
  fatty plague on the walls of the arteries , this
  formation leads to narrowing of the artery which
  can decrease the blood pressure due to the
  decreased blood flow to the heart, brain,  kidney
  and other parts of the body there is risk of
  heart diseases and other organ failures too.

• Diabetes mallitus- if a person has diabetes the
  body does not make enough insulin or it is unable
  to use its own insulin, diabetes causes sugar to
  build up in the blood which can increase the risk
  of heart diseases it's very important to prevent
  or manage diabetes to control any other risk
  factors.

Lifestyle changes to prevent heart diseases- 

• Quit Smoking- The very thing which should be
  stopped is smoking, smoking may lead to chronic
  diseases that leads to death, smoking is the
  major cause of death due to heart disease. Quit
  smoking and also don't stay in the environmen
  where smoking is being done.

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Eat healthy- A healthy eating habit and good
nutrition is the best weapon to fight against
heart diseases, always try to eat balanced meal
with proper amount of minerals, vitamins, protein
and fibers. Have a diet which contains
vegetables, fruits, dry fruits, cereals legumes,
and proper dairy products, limit the use of
cholesterol fatty acids, eat fruits which
contains good fats, try to eat more healthy foods
that is low in carbohydrates and Unhealthy fats,
try to track the calories you eat.
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• Exercise daily- exercising daily helps to keep
  the blood pressure normal, also help for
  cardiovascular health and for the respiratory
  health, resources that exercise in 30 minutes a
  day can help you to decrease the risk of heart
  disease as compared to normal individual,
  exercise also helps to lower down the cholesterol
  level and to maintain appropriate weight.

• Reduce stress and anger- researches have proved
  that being anxious and stressful can lead to rise
  in blood pressure, this increase in blood
  pressure can lead to stroke and other heart
  diseases, try to manage stress and try to
  meditate.

• Manage diabetes- At least 68 of people gt65
  years of age with Diabetes are at high risk of
  dying of some form of Heart Disease and  16 die
  of stroke . Other risk factors, such as high
  blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking,
  obesity, and lack of physical activity can
  greatly increase a person with diabetes chance
  of developing cardiovascular disease.

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