Lifestyle modifications to prevent heart problems

Heart diseases are getting very common with current lifestyles.

To avoid diseases involving heart, better lifestyles should be practised:

Stop smoking
Stop alcohol
Exercise regularly
Low fat diets

Avoid foods such as:

Coconut

Creamy foods

Fried items

Junk foods

Super good food for heart

Orange

 

Oatmeal

Salmon

Nuts

 

Extra virgin oil

Berries

 

Heart Disease Symptoms

Chest pain(angina)

Discomfort that occurs if an area of your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The pain also can occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. Angina pain may even feel like indigestion.

Shortness of breath

If you often feel tired or exhausted for no reason, it could be a sign that something is wrong.

Palpitation

Sensation that your heart has skipped a beat or added an extra beat. It may feel like your heart is racing, pounding, or fluttering. You may become overly aware of your heartbeat. This sensation is sometimes also felt in the neck, throat, or chest.

Sweating

Sweating more than usual—especially if you aren't exercising or being active—could be an early warning sign of heart problems. Pumping blood through clogged arteries takes more effort from your heart, so your body will sweat more to try to keep your body temperature down during the extra exertion.

Dizziness

Feeling faint or lightheaded to feeling weak or unsteady. 

Numbness

Loss of sensation or feeling in a part of your body. It is often accompanied by other changes in sensation, such as a pins-and-needles feeling, burning or tingling.

Various Heart Diseases

Coronary heart disease

Known as atherosclerosis or ischemic heart disease

Heart failure

Heart fails to pump

Cardiac dysrhythmias

Irregular heart beats

Valvular heart disease

Diseases of the valves

Corpulmonale

Failure of the right side of heart with respiratory involvement

Cardiomyopathy

Diseases of cardiac muscles

Congenital heart disease

It’s a problem with the heart structure since birth

Health Tips - Super Fruits

KIWIFRUIT

 

Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fibre. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

 

APPLE

An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavorous, which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

 

STRAWBERRY

Protective Fruit Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals.

 

ORANGE

Sweetest medicine taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

 

WATERMELON

Coolest thirst quencher composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost, our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.

 

GUAVA & PAPAYA

Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fibre, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for eyes.

 

 

 

VITAMIN A

I am Vitamin A, enemy of germs.
I live in milk, butter and curd.
I keep the skin healthy.
I remove night-blindness.
If you miss me in your food,
I will give you bad eyesight.
I am needed for growth and repair of body.
I will make your skin beautiful.
I will give you good eyesight.
Nursing mothers need me more
To keep their children healthy and strong.
Goodbye, friends! Be cheerful!
I shall meet you again at the dining table.

Methods to avoid diabetes

Even though medications will help in bringing down your blood sugar levels to optimum levels, they are never a permanent solution. It is ideal for you to lose weight naturally so that you are able to permanently reverse the symptoms of early diabetes and lead a healthy life hereafter.

Exercise Every Day

(30 to 45 minutes everyday)

Control Simple Carbohydrate

(eg: Chocolates, Sugar, White Rice)

Consume More Complex Carbohydrate

(eg: multigrain bread, wheat bread, brown rice)

Drink Lots Of water

(8 to 10 glasses of water every day )

Consume High Fiber Diet

(Fruits and Vegetables)

Overcome Stress

(Practice Meditation and Yoga)