Reducing disease is the start of living longer, healthier, and happier. When you take the steps to reduce disease you are working to a happier life. Strokes and heart disease is one of the major problems today that is claiming scores of lives. In fact, heart disease is the first diseases that is killing many people yearly. Women have a higher risk of dying from heart disease, i.e. up to five times greater the chances.
Strokes are common. Strokes often occur within the brain.
Strokes are third to all other diseases as being responsible for claiming lives. Often strokes occur when the brains vessels clog or block. We see that steps are needed to fight these diseases to live longer, healthier, and happier.
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The start to a healthy heart is to stop smoking now. When you quit smoking, it takes only a couple of months before the circulation of blood in your body improve.
You can reduce the risks of heart disease and live longer, healthier, and happier each day you do not smoke.
Still, you can reduce heart disease further by exercising.
Exercising regularly can prevent diseases of the heart in many ways. First, exercise will lower your blood pressure, as well as your level of stress.
Exercise will also augment your cholesterol since exercise will increase HDL level. You can lose weight while exercising, build muscle, and spare the joints from arthritis. Bicycling, brisk walking, as well as swimming can assist in protecting the heart. These types of exercises are called cardiovascular workouts.
You also need a balanced diet, which should include fruits and vegetables to live longer, healthier, and happier. Fruits and vegetables are antioxidants, which include potassium, minerals, vitamins, and so forth. You should include five helpings daily to fight heart disease.
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HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) is ideal for all women, since as you grow older your risks of heart disease and osteoporosis increase.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, which protects the heart.
Vitamin E will guard the heart against destructive oxygen molecules, detrimental free radicals, and other harmful elements that could cause destruction to the body’s tissues and cells. Detrimental radicals or free radical molecules could clog the heart and cause death. Vitamin E
slows buildup of cholesterol.
NOTE:
New studies claimed that walnuts, peanuts, and Almond’s can benefit the heart. However, when allergies occur, nuts are removed from the diet often.
Tip:
Did you know that bacteria from the gums travel to the brain and the heart? Gum disease can cause destruction to the heart valves and wall. According to use studies, gum disease may be responsible for triggering strokes and heart attacks. Taking care of your gums and teeth may be an answer to live longer, healthier, and happier.
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To fight bone disease, you will need to include in your diet calcium. You may want to check with your doctor to learn how much calcium your body needs.
Above all else, you want to get physical. In other words, you want to include exercise in your daily goal to live longer, healthier, and happier. Exercise alone, has proven to increase health more than 50 percent. Studies were conducted, which included asking the participants to continue eating as they normally would, and strength train for a couple of months. The results showed that the person’s health increased by 70 percent, without dieting.
Still, your body needs proper nutrient to survive.
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Did you know that fasting for two days in only drinking fluids can cleanse your body of impurities?
Exercise is the key to living longer, healthier, and happier, since it will fight all sorts of disease, including osteoporosis.
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