On September 29, World Heart Day is celebrated to inform people about cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors. These healthy habits can keep your heart healthy and reduce your risk of disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Therefore, we should invest some extra time to take care of our hearts and keep them healthy and fit. And this requires regular healthy eating and exercise habits to work properly. Therefore, World Heart Day is one of the most important days to raise awareness among people around the world about heart disease. This day is observed every year on September 29.
Now just awareness raising, World Heart Day is also designated to inform people about heart disease prevention measures and how to take care of them. This day was declared in the year 2000. So, on this day, we are going to help you with information on how to keep your heart healthy.
World Heart Day 2020: Things to do to keep your heart healthy.
Common factors that cause cardiovascular disease.
These are the common factors that cause heart disease:
1. Unhealthy eating habits.
2. Overweight or obese.
3. Lack of physical activity.
4 high blood pressure
5. High cholesterol.
6.Diabetes.
7. Family history of cardiovascular diseases.
8. Smoking.
Healthy habits to keep all heart disease at bay
Choose these healthy habits regularly to keep your heart health in check and heart disease at bay:
Train regularly
We often avoid our regular exercise routine due to pressure from work and busy schedules. But we must invest at least 30 minutes each day to exercise. It can be anything, like:
1.Walk.
2.Cycling.
3. Run.
4.Swimming.
5.Zumba dance.
6. Any active sport.
7.Aerobic.
Healthy nutrition
Include healthy foods in your regular diet routine like avocado, nuts, legumes, spinach, oatmeal, berries, salmon, etc. And try using olive oil for cooking. Always have food cooked at home most of the time.
Only healthy fats, not trans
We need saturated, polyunsaturated, and unsaturated fats for our bodies and not trans fats found in processed and fried foods. Because trans fats increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. It clogs the arteries by increasing LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowering HDL (good cholesterol).
Adequate sleep
Sleep is an essential factor for heart health, so you are never sleep deprived. Six to eight hours of sleep each night is important to staying healthy.
Try to quit smoking
Smoking is one of the most important factors in cardiovascular disease. The chemicals in cigarettes promote the development of plaque in the arteries that causes heart disease.
To meditate
Stress is another important factor that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. So, to reduce your stress level, meditate regularly.
Maintain dental hygiene
According to research, people with gum disease also have risk factors for heart disease. Therefore, keep your dental hygiene. Brush twice a day and floss daily.
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