In the heat, the heart experiences additional stress. To ensure normal blood flow, it works in an enhanced mode. This is why it is so important to pay special attention to heart health and heart disease prevention in the summer.
As part of the action , we continue our series of educational articles on heart health.
Only five simple rules, and your heart will serve you for a long time:
- If you quit smoking now, then in 3-5 years the likelihood of developing cardiovascular diseases will be the same as that of a non-smoker. Good argument for quitting tobacco, isn’t it?
- Obvious but true: Exercise significantly reduces the likelihood of heart disease. But for this to work, you need to walk for at least 150 minutes a week. It’s even less than an hour a day! But what could be better than a leisurely summer walk with the whole family?
- “Sugar is white death.” This is confirmed by recent studies. A person diagnosed with diabetes mellitus is 2-4 times more at risk of developing myocardial infarction than a healthy person.
- Heart health is directly related to blood cholesterol levels. Because the higher this number, the more cholesterol plaque clogs the artery, which significantly impairs blood flow to the heart and brain. The normal indicator for cholesterol is 5 mmol / l.
- When blood pressure (as well as cholesterol) rises, a person may not feel any symptoms, so it is extremely important to have them checked regularly. Normal pressure is 120/80.