Exercising your way to a healthy heart.

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As we all know or may have heard, physical exercise is an ingredient of a longer life. People without any form of physical life or exertion in the form of exercise, are at greater risk of death to heart diseases and other causes as well.
Heart attacks in humans is not specific to a particular gender, it happens irrespective and so we will be taking a look at some ways we can use exercise to get into a healthy state of heart. It is important to now that, physical exercises lowers Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and gives it a good (HDL) High Density lipoprotein boost when needed.
This is no surprise because, studies have shown that, physical exercise has a favorable effect on so many heart health risk factors; and it also helps the heart withstand mental stress.

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Maintaining a healthy heart through exercise doesn't call for you to be a pro athlete or world class marathoner, or a die heard exercise buff with a lifetime gym membership. You just have to be able to make out some free time for yourself to stay healthy and fresh.

Below are somethings you can do to stay healthy and live healthy because a happy heart is a healthy heart.

• Eat right.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  We can never get it right with the health of a man without the mention of the need to have good meals. The number cause of heart diseases are rooted in the wrong kind of food consumed by man. A lot of people eat because they thing being able to afford any kind of food is reason for them to eat whatever they have the way they like.
  Health is wealth and of a wealthy man has a poor eating mentality, he will end up in the hospital endlessly trying to cure diseases he invited to his system through his mouth. Take time to analyze and pick out your meal. Eating for the fun of it is the quickest way to land yourself in hospital.

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• Taking a siesta.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  Yes, medically, taking a siesta is good for the heart especially one taken in the afternoon. The longer the siesta, the more heart disease risk is declined.
  There are quite a lot of people who thinking taking a nap in the afternoon is for lazy people. It is for those who seek to keep being healthy and strong. Heart diseases are common in regions that do not observe siesta. Siesta has been proven to help reduce the heart rate of hard working individuals because after the short nap, they can come back better and more refreshed than they were minutes ago. So, as a way of being health relevant and conscious, try and catch that nap no matter how short the time is.

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• Take a fitness vacation.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  If you cannot do the daily exercise routine, you can adopt a fitness vacation routine that can help you get your body and heart back into shape. We cannot deny the usefulness of exercise to the human body so, taking some well deserved time out to stay fit is the best thing you can do for yourself.

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• Take a walk when you can.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  A British study carried out in the wake of the millennium showed that, people who took brisk walks are likely to slightly lower their total cholesterol level as against those who don't. When you can and you should consider it mostly, take a walk around your neighborhood so that you let go of some serious cholesterol compositions in your system.

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• Consider getting a PET scan.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  There is need for you to get a Positron Emission Tomography scanning to help you have a broader and clearer look at your heart and the condition it is in.
  Not many are in the habit of doing these kinds of routine check because they fear the cost and also worry about the safety involved. Before now, PETs are only for the brain, but today, it is now being used on the heart as well because, the death rate associated with heart disease has increased over the years.
  In fact, research shows that PET scan is more safer than Cardiac Catheterization. It is like riding a treadmill but said to be more accurate.

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• Consider counseling or group therapy.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  The idea of counseling or group therapy is to allow the individuals get together to talk about what ails them, how they are faring and what the results have been. You can become part of a group that will help you take matters of the heart seriously. in that group, you may find people living with various ailment and this will help you learn how to stay healthy and also avoid the pitfalls of leaving your health to chance.

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• Get yourself involved in some physical exertion.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  You can take up some work around your home or farm if you have one. The lawns can become your assignment to tend as often as you can. many believe that pain has to be gain, but I don't think that should be the case. if you are not the exercise type, learn to manage your surrounding by taking care of the lawn, the garden behind your house or even the drainage in your street.

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• Get the right medication.-Pixabay CC0 Licensed
  For men and women, the medication types to take are different.

For men, take aspirin as much as possible because, aspirin is said to reduce the adhesiveness of blood platelets and the propensity of the clotting that will lead to heart attacks.
The saying thus is "an aspirin a day will do the trick. However, before you start this routine, be sure to consult your doctor.

For women, aspirin will not work for you because it works for the men. Women need to get ERT, Estrogen Replacement Therapy. ERT does for women what aspirin does for men and it also delivers an overall protective cover for them.

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Issues of the heart are as important as the need to breath. Too many people die daily from heart related diseases because they have not learnt to take good care of their heart. The above routine will help you overcome prevalent heart diseases.
They are little bots of hacks that enables that you live strong and healthy enough to see more prosperous and healthy days.

Remember that, a happy heart equals a healthy heart and a healthy heart equals a happy and fun filled life.

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References: High Speed Healing
British Heart Foundation
Wikipedia

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