How to Improve Your Heart Health
Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
by The Old Gray Mare
www.DressYourHorse.com
Everyone knows that heart attacks and clogged arteries are deadly. Often, a few preventatives work major magic in staving off a "big one" here are several positive actions that are tried and true.
Suggestion 1 - Decrease your bad cholesterol. This is one of the biggest heart attack preventers and not much needs to be said about it. Countless studies and tests have proven that high cholesterol can and often does present heart health risks!
Suggestion 3 - Get more than six hours of sleep each night preferably eight hours. Cornell University studies confirm that heart-related diseases increase in the general population by almost 40 percent when people skimp on sleep regularly.
Suggestion 4 Avoid prolonged depression and blue moods. A statistic logs over 35 million Americans suffer from depression. Find friends who share your hobbies and interests, attend church functions, mend family breaches, eat fresh fruits and nuts, and regularly socialize.
Suggestion 5 Clear up skin exema and psoriasis. Cure rashes and skin inflammations that can damage underlying blood vessels. It has been found that there is over 35 percent increased risk of heart attack in psoriasis sufferers and that's so totally avoidable. Use Vitamin D ointment continuously (can clear up psoriasis within 6 months) and thereby avoid tissue and blood vessel inflammation.
Suggestion 6 Avoid stress. Our lives are strained and stressed each day. It gets increasingly difficult to eliminate all stressors from our lives, and frustrations can hardly be eradicated. However, our day-to-day trials and tribulations are among the top causes leading to high blood pressure, heart disease and heart attacks. Practice relaxation techniques as if your life depends on it because it does! Calm yourself in time-urgency situations such as long bank/grocery lines, traffic jams, appointments delays; don't get angry or frustrated.
Suggestion 7 Join a health club or social club. Take up a new hobby; resume a passion. Begin gardening or grow a beautiful plant. Learn to play an instrument; join a group or choir. Be active and guard against excessive free time. Keep your mind busy and learning, be constructive, achieve something, take great pride in your accomplishments. Feel happier!
Suggestion 8 Avoid suffering a low-grade gum infection for an extended time. Studies at Texas University's Medical School have found that your risk of heart disease doubles if you ignore gum disease. Inflamed gums and plaque-coated teeth harbor the same bacteria that play havoc with arterial walls.
Simply eating a couple of whole grain servings each day, drinking green or black tea every day, savoring several cups of berries during the week and snacking on one-third cup of walnuts weekly can help stave off heart-related problems.
Treat yourself well. Do it for your loved ones, and actively work to have good heart health!
This article is written by The Old Gray Mare of www.DressYourHorse.com and www.FantasyKritters.com.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Great article with lots of good information.Thank you for sharing.Thanks for reading and taking the time to leave your kind comment. Happy New Year!
No time like the present to start taking care of yourself! Lots of good advice! Thank you.Hope the advice was useful. I know I'm trying to do what I can to get into better shape. Never easy but anything is an improvement. So I go one small step at a time - they add up. Thank's for the welcome comments.
Great suggestions for people (and I love your horse and animal pieces!) The cholesterol one the jury is still out on though from what I have read... some people have genetically high cholesterol (my mom doe one)and her heart was fine until she died at 86 - they also showed that many people with normal cholesterol levels have had MIs- having said that - we Americans tend to eat way too much of the bad fats... here's to Omega 3-6-9s! Thanks for the challenge here! MarijoThanks for taking the time to read and the good comments. There are many things we can do to shape up and help ourselves but all too often the spirit is weak. My brother has high cholesterol but he eats a good bit of butter. We're not cookie cutter types and each is different. Generally, though, the cholesterol thing is better at the lower numbers I've been told.
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