World Heart Day 2023: The heart is an extremely important organ of the human body. According to a Harvard report, nearly half of all premature deaths may be due to unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as insufficient exercise, poor diet, and smoking.
Consequently, these risk factors increase the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. In order to keep your heart healthy it is important to improve your eating patterns, exercise, and other habits.
This will not only help in alleviating heart failure symptoms, but it will also slow your disease’s progression and improve your everyday life. Every year on 29 September, World Heart Day is celebrated to reduce the burden of heart disease and motivate people to make positive changes in their daily habits.
Here are the top 11 lifestyle changes that can make your heart healthy:
- Monitoring your weight: Sudden weight gain or loss can be a sign that you’re developing heart failure. Weigh yourself at the same time each morning, preferably before breakfast and after urinating. Consult your doctor if you see any abnormal changes.
- Quitting smoking: Smoking decreases your tolerance for physical activity and increases the tendency for blood to clot. It can also lead to a decrease in good cholesterol.
- Being physically active: Regular, moderate-intensity physical activity can help your heart get stronger.
- Proper rest: It’s important to schedule time every day for rest and relaxation. Proper rest allows the heart to pump more easily.
- Stress management: It’s important to work to manage stress and anxiety.
- Avoiding or limiting alcohol
- Monitoring your blood pressure
- Healthy diet: Consuming a diet that consists of a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, skinless poultry and fish, nuts and legumes, and non-tropical vegetable oils is good for heart health.
