Heart Disease Treatments: Top 2 Heart Disease Prevention Exercises

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:30:08 +0000

We all know that heart disease/cardiovascular disease is a major health concern in the United States. Most of us are also aware that cardiovascular fitness is a great way to have a healthy heart.

However, Dr. Arthur Agaston, MD associate professor of the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and author of the “South Beach Diet, Supercharged”, says not all workouts are heart healthy. Here are the top exercises you should do to prevent a heart attack.

-Interval Training. This is the best for heart attack and disease prevention, diabets, losing weight, and improving your overall fitness level. It’s beendound that short bursts of increasing the intensity with your exercise along with slightly longer periods of a moderate rate improves vascular function, burns more calories, plus increaaes your bodies efficiency at clearing fat and suger from your blood.

-Do Total Body Non-Impact Sports. Dr. Agaston says the more muscles that need to be engaged in a activity, the harder the heart has to work to fuel it all. Pick exercises like rowing, swimming, cross country skiing, etc.

-Engage in core Work. Pick an exercise like Pilates which strengthens your core muscles plus increases flexibility and balance.

-Stay Active. A good way to prevent a heart attack or heart failure is to remain active all day. Those who stay active also burn more calories are in better general health.

These exercise tips also have other great benefits such as:

helping you avoid heart failure
limiting the possibility for developing high cholesterol
decreasing your chance of having a stroke
increasing your metabolism
improving depressive symptoms
lowering obesity

Of course, if you also avoid smoking and eat well, you can help prevent heart disease.

To Your Heart’s Health
Monique Hawkins
540-858-2885
mentormonique@gmail.com
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Women’s Heart Attack-One Month To A Healthier Heart

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:03:45 +0000

Many women think, “Women’s heart attack? Me having a heart attack? It will never happen.” Unfortunately, none of us are immune to this potential problem. A recent Harvard study found that 92% of women are in danger of developing cardiovascular disease.

“Fortunately, research suggests that your lifestyle-from the friends you interact with to the time you go to bed-has a huge impact on your heart,” says Marie Savard, MD a Philadelphia internet.

Over the next few posts, we will be covering 24 tips you can follow to keep your heart going strong for life.

Tip #1: Be A Sodium Detective. The average American woman digests 50% more than the daily recommendation of 2400 milligrams. Since most of our sodium intake comes from processed foods, women should be always carefully study the nutrition label on every package.

Tip#2: Hang Out With The Girls. Going out with your gal pals could be very healthy for your heart; just at much as hitting the gym. Researchers have found that lonely people have anywhere from 10-30 points higher blood pressure levels than those who are more sociable. Plus, this is a great stress reliever!

Tip#3: Eat a Baked Potato: Spuds have a lot of potassium which can offset the effects of sodium, According to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, consuming twice as much potassium as sodium daily can reduce your reduce your risk by half of dying from cardiovascular disease. Since most Americans consume only half of the 4,700 mg that are needed, ladies, load up on potatoes which have 900 mg each and bananas which have 430 mg each.

Tip #4: Use Interval Training. If you are a gym goer and usually set your elliptical, treadmill, bike, etc. on the same level, mix things up. Use bursts of speed between steady paces. Researchers from Canada’s McMaster University found that just 20 minutes of interval training (alternating near maximum exertion with low intensity exertion) is just as effective at strengtening your heart as an hour of moderate exercise. Interval training is fantastic for your heart because it causes your heart to pump faster and harder which strengthens your arteries, accorind to Maureen McDonald, Ph.D.

These are really great tips to avoid being a woman who develops women’s heart attack problems. I will be sharing more heart healthy prevention tips in the next post.

To Your Heart’s Health
Monique Hawkins
540-858-2885
mentormonique@gmail.com
Remember to sign up for my “You Deserve To Have A Healthy Heart” Newletter!

P.S. For more information about Vita Che, what I call the Roto Rooter for your arteries, visit my online nutrition store at http://699456.shopvitamark.com

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Heart Disease Treatments: Top 2 Heart Disease Prevention Exercises

Women’s Heart Attack-One Month To A Healthier Heart