Showing posts with label Heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heart. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Half Heart Deaths, Quitting Smoking

Half of the 000 400 deaths from coronary heart disease if the United States in 2010 could be prevented if people ate healthier food and give up smoking are, according to a study published recently.
The published study of risk factors for heart in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that improvements in cardiovascular health had stagnated since the 1990s due to a dramatic increase in obesity and diabetes. The number of caused by heart disease deaths in the United States could be halved if "one in two smokers in the United States have quit smoking", with the lowest proportion are of smokers from 25% to 12% of the population, WHO official Laragh Gollogly told the news agency AFP.
The study also showed positive effects of measures to change people's behavior on cardiovascular health, Gollogly said.
"By avoiding tobacco, snuff, a healthy diet and regular physical activity, people can their risk for heart disease, stroke or diabetes reduce" Shanthi Mendis, Coordinator of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Management WHO said. To change behavior, a major challenge Change people's behavior was a major challenge for public health agencies, said Gollogly. The report, by Simon Capewell of the University of Liverpool in Great Britain in the north-west co-written, said the lifestyle is an important factor that determines the health of many people around the world.
Nearly one billion adults worldwide are overweight, according to the report, and if no action is taken to number 1.5 billion in 2015.
Cardiovascular health has improved since the 1970s due to reduced activity of cholesterol, smoking and increasing physical activity, the report said, but the increase in obesity has stalled these achievements, the study found.

Tips (10) for a Healthy Heart

First Change is monounsaturated oils like olive oil, mustard, peanut oil, or to oil.Olive is known that the heart does not easily oil.Consume more teaspoons of oil per day 4.3 of food per person.

Second Avoid Maida (white flour) based on whole grain bread foods.Switch.Third Limit sugar intake as much as possible.4th Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables.5th Place the low-fat milk instead of 'bhaiya' or 'Dabba' milk.Anything less than or about Rs.13 per liter is low fat.6 presumbaly. Avoid fried snacks, and go foods with high fiber low fat snacks made ​​from wheat flour or sorghum or bran or soy nuts made​​.7th Drink a glass of vegetable juice daily from roots of carrots and beets, tomatoes and cilantro or mint or dudhi juice, ginger and lime and cilantro.8th Eat whole fruits instead of drinking your juice.You get the added benefit of soluble fiber (which is for the heart) that pectins and gums.9th Take a brisk walk for 30-40 minutes at least 4-5 days a week.10th Consume the seeds of AlSi "2 tablespoons daily, because they are rich in omega-3, which are great for the heart.
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