Benefits of Quitting Smoking

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Benefits of Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for yourself. Your heart’s efficiency significantly decreases if you are a smoker. Below is a list of 5 ways in which quitting can be beneficial to your heart.

• Your heart rate and blood pressure drop almost immediately.

• You stop exposing your heart to chemicals that are poisonous.

• Your risk of getting heart disease drops dramatically.

• Your child’s heart becomes healthier.

• The likelihood of being hospitalized decreases.

Start living a healthier lifestyle by quitting smoking now. Your heart will thank you for it!

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Prevent Infections - Health Alert

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Prevent Infections - Health Alert

It is a well-known fact that people get sick because of the spread of germs. These simple precautions can minimize the risk of infection.

Cover your mouth every time you cough, will helps keep the germs contained.

Wearing a face mask is very easy with pesistant cough, as it is dificult to cover your mouth constantly

Washing and Scrubbing your hands with warm water and antibacterial soap will kill most of the germs and prevent the infection.

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Vascular Disease s

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Vascular Disease s

  • Vascular disease normally leads to another serious heart conditions.

  • Having a stroke: increases your chances of having a heart attack by 2–3 times and another stroke by up to 9 times.

  • Having a heart attack: increases your chances of having another by 5–7 times and the likelihood of having a stroke by 3–4 times

  • Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): increases your chances of having a heart attack by 4 times and having a stroke by 2–3 times

  • Chronic Kidney Disease: increases the chances of having a heart attack by 2 times and a stroke by 50%.

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Controlling you Blood Pressure

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Controlling you Blood Pressure

  • High blood pressure is a very serious condition, and is important to control to prevent complications such as Stroke, Heart Attack, Kidney Failure, blindness. Some ways by which you can do this are:

  • Regular Exercise improves heart muscle’s strength and brings blood pressure back under control.

  • Maintain a healthy weight with healthy diet, combined with regular exercise, will help you lose weight and bring your blood pressure under control.

  • Lower salt and fat intake decreases your chances of developing high blood pressure and a decreases the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

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Lifestyle Modification  & Health.

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Lifestyle Modification  & Health.

  • Our health is mainly affected because of our bad habits. Here are some of the worst ones we can start to modify to promote a healthier lifestyle:

  • Instead of spending hours sitting in front of the TV, take a walk outdoors.

  • Swap eating fast food and sweets for with fruits and vegetables and eat less simple carbohydrates.

  • Quit smoking.

  • Use alcohol in moderation.

  • These lifestyle modifications will increase your overall health, and can even extend your life expectancy.

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16 Ways to Lower Cholesterol

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16 Ways to Lower Cholesterol

  • To lower bad cholesterol (LDL) eat meat less than 4 day a week

  • One serving of meat or fish is as big as your palm.

  • Load you plate with fruits and vegetables daily.

  • Eat salmon, tuna, trout, sardines (rich in fish oil) twice a week (as grilled, roasted, baked, broiled) to lower triglyceride levels, but don’t fry it.

  • Oat meal prevents from overeating by filling you up and keeping you full.

  • If you need a snack eat nuts a size of you palm.

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