Effect of bad lifestyle on heart

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Interventional Cardiologist Apollo Hospitals,
Indore
Dr. Sarita Rao is a Sr. Interventional
Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Indore. She is
the first female Interventional Cardiologist in
Central India. She is Fellow of American College
of Cardiology(FACC) and Fellow of European
Society of Cardiology(FESC)
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Effect of bad lifestyle on heart
Heart is the most vital organ of the body, There
are several factors which increases the risk of
heart diseases and can lead to severe problems
and death. When we talk about heart diseases
lifestyle play and important role in maintaining
healthy heart health, the increased risk of heart
diseases can be most probably due to bad
lifestyle or habits that increases the risk
factors and lead to worsen the condition.
Small healthy changes in the daily routine and
working on a proper lifestyle can decrease the
risk of heart diseases, well making changes in
daily routine is always challenging. There are
certain factors that must be kept in mind which
are related to lifestyle and lead to heart
diseases. These factors include daily normal
routine activities and bad habits like smoking
and alcohol.
The most common bad lifestyle factors includes-

• Unhealthy Diet - Date play an important role in
  functioning of the body and the heart the overall
  food you eat affects your heart, small healthy
  changes in the diet can decrease the risk of
  heart diseases and stroke. Unhealthy diet is the
  main enemy of heart which leads to certain heart
  diseases. Diet changes can help you decrease the
  risk factors try to eat fruits and vegetables as
  much as possible, avoid cholesterol and unhealthy
  facts. Try consuming beans, legumes, whole grain,
  healthy fats,lean meat and fish as this could
  help you in maintaining proper weight as well.

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• Not enough exercise - Being physically active is
  very important for healthy heart and brain,
  increasing the exercise day by day can help you
  to strengthen your heart and avoid many heart
  diseases like irregular heartbeat, choking and
  heart attack, people who are not active or does
  not get enough exercise has double risk of heart
  diseases and increased risk of diabetes cancer
  as well.

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• Smoking and alcohol - One of the best things our
  lifestyle changes that should be done to avoid
  hard diseases are smoking and alcohol. Chemicals
  present inside tobacco or the alcohol can damage
  the hearts and blood vessels, smoking reduces the
  oxygen level in the blood which can increase the
  blood pressure and heart rate as the heart have
  to work faster for pumping. Try to quit smoking
  and alcohol as soon as possible as this could be
  life threatening and are the most important
  factors that increases the heart diseases.

• Unhealthy weight - Being overweight can increase
  the risk of heart diseases as access weight can
  lead to conditions that may affect the heart like
  high blood pressure high cholesterol and the most
  common diabetes type 2. Exercise regularly to
  maintain a healthy weight, people with unhealthy
  weight or BMI more than 25 are more prone to
  developing many other serious problems.

• Not getting enough sleep - People who do not get
  enough sleep have high risk of developing high
  blood pressure , heart attacks,diabetes,
  depression and obesity, minimum 6-7  hours of
  sleep every night is very important in
  maintaining healthy heart health, sleep play an
  important role in resting the body and the heart
  to function well the next day, Not getting enough
  sleep can lead to stress on the heart which may
  cause heart attack and heart failures.

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• Excessive stress - Weather you are overloaded at
  work or stressed out due to  busy schedules try
  managing stress because unfortunately excessive
  stress can increase the risk of heart diseases
  due to rise and blood pressure which puts more
  strain to the arteries of the heart and can cause
  permanent damage. Stress can lead to growth of
  bad habits like smoking and drinking excess of
  alcohol which overall is more risky for the heart
  and for the body as well, some of the factors
  that can be used to get rid of stress are
  exercising listening to music ,yoga ,meditation
  and spending time alone.

Dr Sarita Rao is one of the Top cardiologist in
MP and provides Heart treatment in her clinic. If
you are planning for heart surgery with best
Cardiologist in MP, then visit Hridayam Heart
Care Centre. For appointment call us now on
9893925000 or for more details visit our website
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