| Based on World Health Organization (WHO) health | | | | metabolizes blood sugar (glucose). |
| report in 1997, heart disease and blood vessel | | | | Stress also causes your heart will beat faster and |
| responsible for the deaths worldwide, or approximately | | | | your breathing becomes shorter. This will increase the |
| 15 million people, some 7.2 million due to coronary heart | | | | production of stress hormones and it will make you |
| disease, and 4.6 million people due to stroke , and the | | | | more anxious. In fact, inhaled a deep breath to trigger |
| remainder from other heart diseases. In developing | | | | the release of chemicals that make you more relaxed. |
| countries such as Indonesia itself constantly increasing | | | | Finally, the presence of stress can start bad habits, like |
| nearly 50% each year. | | | | smoking or turn to food as a stress release. Learn |
| So far, there is also the assumption that when women | | | | how to cope with stress will alleviate this adverse |
| exercise diligent enough to avoid this disease. Or by | | | | effect. |
| removing a variety of fast food processed foods are | | | | 4. What happens when you sleep, will affect your |
| also able to drive away this disease. In addition, if you | | | | heart health. |
| feel young and healthy, how could need to worry | | | | If you think you sleep so soundly that it's hard to wake, |
| about heart disease? | | | | what is that right? More than 18 million adults in the |
| The fact is heart disease kills more women aged | | | | United States suffer from sleep apnea, a disease that |
| 25-44 years old each year than breast cancer. Myth | | | | could threaten the soul marked by cessation of breath |
| that heart disease only affects men and elderly. | | | | that sometimes occur hundreds of times per night |
| However, you do not worry. The results of research | | | | without you knowing it. Only 10 percent of these |
| conducted has shown that 82% of the risk of heart | | | | people are aware if they suffer from this disorder. |
| disease, can be prevented through lifestyle changes. | | | | These diseases can increase the risk of high blood |
| Well, to find out what can prevent heart disease, what | | | | pressure, heart attacks and strokes, because it will put |
| are the most important thing as a step that can be | | | | pressure on the heart when you try to breathe. This |
| done to reduce the risk of heart disease. | | | | situation also creates a stress reaction will keep the |
| 1. Exercise your heart every day. | | | | adrenaline flow can damage the heart over time. |
| Overweight or even obesity can increase the risk of | | | | 5. Siblings can be a mirror of your health. |
| heart disease or stroke. Your heart harder to work | | | | If you have a parent or grandparent with heart |
| pumping blood throughout the body if you overweight. | | | | disease is the biggest risk factor for heart disease |
| Also if you have excess fat around your waist, this | | | | itself. But you may not realize when your brother or |
| belly fat can affect the metabolism, increasing the risk | | | | sister, one of them are suffering from heart disease it |
| of diabetes, as well as your cholesterol level. Should still | | | | is a more accurate predictor. Several studies say that, |
| maintain good habits and maintain body mass index | | | | regardless of lifestyle factors or age, your risk of |
| (BMI) to stay below 25. | | | | coronary heart disease will increase significantly if you |
| In a recent study of more than 27,000 women at | | | | have siblings who have experienced it. Also, the |
| Harvard Medical School, researchers found that only | | | | younger brother you are diagnosed with this disease, |
| one or two hours of physical activity a week can | | | | the higher your risk. |
| reduce the risk of heart disease by 27%. While | | | | And if the youngest sibling has been diagnosed with |
| exercise two to five hours per week will reduce the | | | | heart disease, the chances become greater you will |
| risk of heart disease by 32%, while training more than | | | | experience it. Therefore recommend that your family |
| five hours per week can reduce the risk of up to 41%. | | | | members, especially brothers or sisters, to conduct |
| While changes in body mass index (BMI) of a woman, | | | | regular health checks, to check their cholesterol and |
| would only reduce the risk of heart disease by 10%. | | | | blood pressure. In addition, also check if they have |
| Sport has a direct effect to reduce inflammation, | | | | diabetes. Diabetes is one of the triggers of heart |
| improve blood vessel function, lowering blood pressure | | | | disease because of increased blood sugar levels will |
| and cholesterol levels, no matter your weight down or | | | | accelerate the emergence of blood vessel plaques. |
| not. Try exercising your heart 30 to 60 minutes at | | | | 6. Two major risk factors for heart disease show no |
| least five times a week. | | | | symptoms. |
| 2. Stop smoking right now. | | | | Blood pressure and cholesterol levels is an important |
| If you have the habit of smoking, the risk of heart | | | | factor to measure your risk for heart disease, heart |
| disease will increase two to four times greater than | | | | attack and stroke. High blood pressure makes your |
| those who never smoked. Research also shows that | | | | heart work harder than in normal circumstances, |
| smokers who had a heart attack will be more likely to | | | | whereas high cholesterol levels can trigger the |
| die (suddenly in one hour). Nicotine is a great deal of | | | | formation of plaque inside blood vessels. |
| pressure on the blood vessels that affects the | | | | The important thing is whether you have one or two |
| absorption of oxygen in the body, and also accelerate | | | | risk factors for heart disease, it is important to take |
| the emergence of plaque in arteries. | | | | general health check once a year. For total cholesterol |
| Smoking will also lowering HDL (high density lipoprotein) | | | | number should be below 200 milligrams perdesiliter (mg |
| or commonly known as good cholesterol, increase | | | | / dL), with LDL less than 100 mg / dL, HDL at 50 mg / |
| levels of LDL (low density lipoprotein) or bad | | | | dL or higher, and triglycerides less than 150 mg / dL. Do |
| cholesterol as well make the blood cells become more | | | | not forget to make sure your blood pressure reads |
| sticky and increases the risk of clotting. | | | | 120/80 or lower. |
| Fortunately, not too late to stop this bad habit. A study | | | | 7. Free from trans fats. |
| at Kurume University School of Medicine in Japan, | | | | Studies conducted at the Harvard School of Public |
| found that smokers who stopped smoking a year, can | | | | Health shows the result that someone who ate the |
| quickly improve the function of red blood cells. | | | | most trans fats increase the risk of heart disease |
| 3. Stress makes your heart work harder. | | | | compared to one-third times that consumed the least. |
| Stress is a part of life that can not be avoided. Stress | | | | After eating many foods that contain high saturated oil, |
| can affect your mood and even your attitude when | | | | your blood vessels will be more difficult to expand and |
| dealing with others. Stress will cause some physical | | | | increase blood flow, while cholesterol 'good' to be not |
| changes in the body that can unwittingly trigger | | | | very effective in giving substance that can cause |
| coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pain, | | | | plaque from blood vessels. |
| and heart rhythm irregularities, stress will interfere with | | | | To maintain healthy cholesterol levels, you get less |
| the body's immune system, so you will be more | | | | than 10% of daily calories from saturated fat (about 20 |
| susceptible to disease. | | | | grams or 180 calories per day with a standard |
| Also stress will increase inflammation in the body, | | | | 2000-calorie diet). Changing consumption of full cream |
| releasing chemicals that damage the blood vessels, | | | | dairy products to low fat, avoid foods that are also |
| and will flood your body with stress hormones, like | | | | made with tropical oils, and limit your daily consumption |
| cortisol. The existence of this cortisol will increase | | | | of red meat to less than 100 grams. |
| pressure vessels and bad for the way the body | | | | |