Cardiovascular Diseases
By Dr John Anne
The cardiovascular diseases are those diseases which are caused by disorders of heart and blood vessels. Coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and failure of heart came under the category of cardiovascular diseases.
Most of the western countries face the high and increasing rate of cardiovascular diseases. More people are killed by this disease every year as compare to cancer. A survey concludes that diseases of the heart alone caused 30% of all deaths, with other diseases of the cardiovascular system causing substantial further death and disability. Every 2 out of 3 cardiac deaths occur without any diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
Heart Rate MonitorsHeart rate monitors used to be exclusively operated by physicians and nurses alone but that was soon rectified with today’s multi-tasking generation. Every person seemed to want to know about everything that was related to them and that of course included monitoring their own heartbeats. Make Simple Lifestyle Changes For a Healthier HeartHeart ailments affect many but there’s good news. A Swedish study found that a few lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of heart disease by 92%. These changes include a healthy diet, exercise, low alcohol consumption, maintenance of weight and curb smoking. Breakfast |
Effective ways to prevent heart diseases
Stay Heart Healthy for Happy Weight Loss
Many people who suffer from heart disease likewise have high cholesterol and are considered overweight. Therefore, it stands to reason that for a happy weight, one should focus on eating those foods that are less dense in calories and lower in cholesterol. Your best bet for maintaining a healthy heart and a happy weight is dividing your daily food intake basically among fruits and vegetables (around 60%), whole grains (20%) and the Omega-3 fats found in fish (20%). Of course, chicken, eggs and dairy can be considered in that mix. |
Heart diseases are the worst kind of diseases one can ever suffer from. They make the body system so weak that you lose all immunity and can hardly carry out any activity. Sadly, there are billions of people all over the world who suffer from heart diseases and are fighting against them. But what bothers health experts more is the kind of lifestyle that most people are leading today, 
