How to Keep Your Heart Healthy

Wherever there is no shortage of advice on heart health lights: Trying a confused to decide what to keep and ignore what is left. Here are some tips that will help these myths to deceive our understanding of heart disease through.

1) Exercise is good for the heart but not over exercise

Remember the saying overkill. While it is true that exercise and weight loss can be a little extra strain on your heart exaggerating, it can be dangerous. "There may be a limit to the amount of exercise, the heart can tolerate," Hein said Heidbüchel, a cardiologist at the University Hospital Gasthuisberg, the University of Leuven in Belgium. His studies on athletes have shown that physical wear and tear of years of serious training seem to weaken the heart muscle, put them at risk of a rare but potentially fatal disease called ventricular arrhythmia, the heart beats irregularly in the putting.

So when embarking on an exercise program at low intensity to start exercise such as brisk walking and then gradually pick up steam. All core training should be carried out under the supervision of a qualified fitness trainer. It's not how far you push yourself, but how quickly they recover work after a high intensity, which is a reliable indicator of heart health.

2) Slim is good, but the lack of weight is dangerous

While you are on a starvation diet or in the vicinity of pumps iron anger at the gym to reach all the immense size zero, some experts losing weight too quickly and drastically is not only unhealthy; it also leads to unnecessary weight gain in the long term. In addition to heart disease and diseases of the blood vessels, Department of Social and Health Services Washington State irregularities anemia and nutritional deficiencies, bone loss and osteoporosis, amenorrhea (absence of periods women), increased susceptibility have been identified to infections and diseases, and delayed healing as risks excellent health associated with low body weight in combination.

3) There is so-called "good" fat

No suspended chips are always recommended, but our body also needs certain fats regularly to keep fit and trim. The idea is to know what fat is good for you, and stay away those who are not. For a little oil in the kitchen the healthiest oil extra virgin olive oil with wheat germ oil or soybean oil, mustard, sesame, etc. Fish is a rich source of essential fatty acids is a key - omega-3 - so eat regular servings of fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, sardines, and tuna.

Avoid foods with high LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) - "bad fats" - such as red meat, lard, butter, hard margarine, cheese, whole milk, biscuits, cakes, etc. LDL can form plaques that clog arteries, a heart attack or stroke may result.

4) Women are also prone to a heart attack

There was a widespread belief that women compared men are not as prone to heart problems - only 13 percent of women think that heart disease is a threat to their health. But everyone, an important sector of the female population die each year from heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in women over 25 years in the US, which is almost twice killed as many women as all cancers, including cancer, the breast, and two-thirds of women who have a heart attack is not a complete to make the recovery.

It's true that estrogen, a female hormone, a certain amount of protection has to maintain the level of "bad" cholesterol in check. After menopause, it is offered from the protection removed by estrogen and therefore is the oldest by the age of the woman is likely to have heart disease. But women of all ages, not just older should be worried about his heart. Smoking, irregular diet, stress, use of birth control pills, etc. aggravated the risk of cardiovascular disease. A healthy lifestyle, regular checks and pay attention to the warning signs of the body in the prevention of major accidents to go a long way.

5) A happy heart is a healthy heart

It is clear - people with a positive attitude to life have a lower risk of heart disease to die through the development and even less likely. Exercise, yoga, meditation, and especially a plug-it-as-it-comes attitude to life will be very useful and prevent your heart from overwhelmed by the pressure of daily life to be. Sing a Song; light hear some scented candles, music; what it takes to stresses a part of their everyday lives.