•8 Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor About Your Heart
Heart is the most important organ of a human's body. When heart stops, everything will come to the end. Some people call the heart "the powerhouse" of the body - the engine that drives blood to all the organs in your body. When the arteries become narrower or blocked due to various reasons - ageing, poor diet, unhealthy lifestyle, coronary heart disease occurs.
The following 8 questions are commonly posed by people to cardiologists on how to maintain a healthy heart. Typical answers to these...
•8 Tips to Lower Risks of Heart Disease Starting From Young
In 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that cardiovascular diseases caused 29.2% of total global deaths and predicted that it would be the leading cause of death in developing countries by 2010. However, coronary heart disease can be prevented from an early age.
Heart diseases that can be found among children do not limit to those congenital ones like a hole in heart or some complex heart malformation. Acquired heart diseases such as cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, and Kawasaki...
•A Balance Diet Can Make Your Heart Happy
The heart pumps about 10,000 liters of blood around the body every day. The blood acts as a carrier to deliver oxygen and nutrients to muscles, cells, and tissues. If something is happened to the heart, the functions of various parts of the body may be affected in one way or the other. A healthy diet can not only reduce the risk of developing heart disease but also increase the chances of survival after a heart attack. Maintaining an ideal weight as a result of healthy diet can reduce the...
•A Simple Way To Understand Fats
"Don't take too much fats!" This is a piece of advice we used to get from people around us. Are all fats bad for us? Of course no! Nevertheless, before we can decide which fats we should take and which fats we should not take, it is better to understand the nature of fats and where they can be found in the foods we consumed.
For simplicity, we can classify these fats into three broad categories, namely unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats.
Unsaturated Fats
This can be sub-divided into...
•Are You Stressed? Watch Your Cholesterol Level!
Previous studies had revealed that stress is linked to increased heart rate and weakened immune systems. However, a recent research conducted by the University College of London has found that over the long term, stress may actually raise cholesterol blood levels for some people. This means the risk of heart disease may subsequently be increased.
The researchers cited three possible reasons why stress may raise cholesterol level:
1. Stress may encourage the body to produce more energy in...
•Can Needles Really Manage Your Weight?
Over weight or obesity is identified as one of the risk factors for heart disease. As such, many forms of weight loss or weight management have been put into the market to help people who are over weight or obese, and those who wish to maintain good body shapes. Recently, a new way of weight loss solution has become popular using needles. What is this? Another sales gimmick? Not really! It is a technique used by TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioners known as "Acupuncture". The...
•Coffee - To Drink Or Not To Drink?
Is coffee really bad for our heart? This is a question that coffee lovers keep asking their doctors hoping to get an answer that can allow them to drink as much coffee as possible. This is also an issue that is continuously debated over the years. Unfortunately, there is still no conclusive evidence on the connection between coffee (caffeine) and heart disease. From time to time, contradicting reports were released.
For example, a study, conducted by University of Athens and published in the...
•Eat For a Healthy Heart - Fill Up On Fibre!
In a defining study called Interheart, involving 52 countries, 15,152 cases and 14,820 controls subjects, showed that certain things help in a heart-healthy diet, and certain things increase the chances of heart attacks. The study revealed that daily consumption of fruits and vegetables are good for the heart. On the other hand, heavy and regular alcohol consumption, and other risk factors like obesity, diabetes, and cholesterol are bad for the heart. This is revealed by an associate consultant...
•Salt Is a "Poison" That Can Lead To Heart Diseases!
Sodium is essential for cell function as it maintains the electrolyte balance in the body, which regulates the flow of fluids such as water and blood. Sodium depletion is usually associated with dehydration. British's Institute of Food Research indicated that active people can lose up to eight litres of sweat a day and since sweat contains 0.5 g to 1.9 g of sodium per litre, failure to replenish the salt in the body can have harmful effects such as cramps, heatstroke and dehydration.
Sodium...
•Things You May Not Be Aware That Could Trigger Heart Attack
When people go for a mid-morning cigarette or coffee break, they are probably not aware that this could be a very dangerous moment for them. Why do I say that?
According to a report published in 2004 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the most common time of day for heart-related medical incidents such as heart attacks and strokes is about 10 in the morning, largely because of the body’s internal clock functions.
The incidence of heartbeat fluctuations and...
•Two 3-5-7 principles that can bring you a heart-healthy lifestyle
Food is vital to our life. Each day, we consume at least 2 to 3 meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). In order to make our foods tasty and variety, condiments such as salt,sugar,pepper, chilies, etc. are added to our foods. Sometime, soft drinks, wines or beers are taken to complement our foods. Some of these condiments and the type of foods we eat everyday, if presented in large quantities, may not be good to our health.Fat and Cholesterol
Fat and cholesterol are not the same. However, both...
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