Exercise is an important thing to most of us. Having the right amount of activity in our life is going to give us the strength that we need to have a good and healthy lifestyle. Having the assertiveness to push through and make your exercise routine an important part of your everyday activity is going to make you feel better as a person too.
You need to use your assertiveness and all the training that you may have accumulated to make your exercise routine better for you. Think about the goals in life that you have. Do you want to be thinner and lose the unwanted weight that is bothering you so much? If you are ready for a better life ahead of you, the need for be assertive is going to make your realize just how important it all is.
Remember that you are in control of your life and the things that you do. The only one that can make things happen in your life is you. Being assertive with your exercise is important. You need to have the willpower to make it happen and find the right exercises that will help you with your goal of being fit and losing unnecessary weight.
You should think about the things that give you strength. Do you want to look better and feel better for your own personal goals? Are you looking to make things better in your life? With the assertiveness that you use in exercise, you can make your workout much better and help yourself achieve the goals that you are looking to maintain.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be better. You can use the assertive training that you have used in your life from time to time to give you better exercise goals. This is something that you will appreciate and you will be able to use your methods of exercise as a way of releasing your negative energy and refueling with positive. Exercise is a good way to let your energy flow and to clean out the toxins that are in your body.
Stand up and take action for your life. If you know that you are in danger because of your weight, you need to use exercise as a good way to fix this problem. Being assertive in your exercise routine is going to be one way of getting control over your life and making things better around you. There is no need to worry when you have your aggressive attitude to back you up in exercise. You know that you have the will to do it in you and there are things that you can do to make it happen.
Plan out your goals in exercise. Think of different ways to make your exercise workouts better and how you can make them be more aggressive to get you the results that you are so looking forward to. It can happen for you and all you have to do is want it more than anything. Keep pushing yourself and you will see that it will end up in your favor. Keeping your focus and putting your aggressions in the right place will get you where you want to be.
Take some time out of each day and do your exercises. If you think that you do not have time for this, you need to use your aggressiveness training and find the time. When you want something bad enough, you will find a way to work hard and make the reality happen in your life.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
Why You Should Use Exercise To Relieve Stress
It's kind of ironic that two very common problems in our society today are stress and obesity, and that you can find relief for both of these problems with one simple act: exercise. Yes, it's true, you can exercise to relieve stress.
Your body produces endorphins when you exercise, endorphins can help you feel relaxed and at ease and produce an overall feeling of well being, even euphoria. This is what is referred to as the 'runners high'. This chemical is actually similar in structure to morphine.
By exercising regularly you are releasing these endorphins into your system which will help you feel less out of control and stressed. This feeling of well being will follow you throughout the day, long after you've left the gym.
Another stress busting factor in exercise is the ability to get out all, or at least some, of your pent up frustrations. Daily frustrations are cumulative and over time they can add up to one very big ball of stress.
We all know that if we allow stress to build up for too long we eventually explode. Regular exercise will help you get it out of your system. If we control those explosions by focusing that energy into something constructive, such as a boxing class, or a nice long jog, we can get the stress relief we need without getting ourselves into trouble.
If you're really angry nothing feels better than to do some very high intensity exercise. Do you still feel angry and upset after you've spent an hour at the gym, or running, swimming, biking, or even just taking a nice long walk? Most people will feel a pleasant calmness after an invigorating workout.
You can really melt away a lot of stress and anger by converting that angry energy into a physical workout.
Another reason exercise is a good stress reliever is because when you work out you tend to have a much higher self esteem. When we feel insecure about ourselves we tend to be on high alert and in a low simmer all the time.
Much of the stress we face is self induced. It's sometimes our own doubts and insecurities that create stress for us. Instead of letting our doubts and insecurities be another stressor we can use exercise as a way to improve our physical and mental health.
If we are feeling good about ourselves, if we feel strong, in control and confidant, then we simply aren't as prone to making a mountain out of a molehill and getting all stressed out over the little ups and downs of daily life.
So exercising is a win/win. We can lose weight, get our bodies more healthy, and relieve stress all at the same time.
Using exercise to relieve stress will not only help you lower your blood pressure and be happier, it can also help you lose any extra weight you have. Losing excess weight will help lower your blood pressure and be happier. Neat, huh?
Your body produces endorphins when you exercise, endorphins can help you feel relaxed and at ease and produce an overall feeling of well being, even euphoria. This is what is referred to as the 'runners high'. This chemical is actually similar in structure to morphine.
By exercising regularly you are releasing these endorphins into your system which will help you feel less out of control and stressed. This feeling of well being will follow you throughout the day, long after you've left the gym.
Another stress busting factor in exercise is the ability to get out all, or at least some, of your pent up frustrations. Daily frustrations are cumulative and over time they can add up to one very big ball of stress.
We all know that if we allow stress to build up for too long we eventually explode. Regular exercise will help you get it out of your system. If we control those explosions by focusing that energy into something constructive, such as a boxing class, or a nice long jog, we can get the stress relief we need without getting ourselves into trouble.
If you're really angry nothing feels better than to do some very high intensity exercise. Do you still feel angry and upset after you've spent an hour at the gym, or running, swimming, biking, or even just taking a nice long walk? Most people will feel a pleasant calmness after an invigorating workout.
You can really melt away a lot of stress and anger by converting that angry energy into a physical workout.
Another reason exercise is a good stress reliever is because when you work out you tend to have a much higher self esteem. When we feel insecure about ourselves we tend to be on high alert and in a low simmer all the time.
Much of the stress we face is self induced. It's sometimes our own doubts and insecurities that create stress for us. Instead of letting our doubts and insecurities be another stressor we can use exercise as a way to improve our physical and mental health.
If we are feeling good about ourselves, if we feel strong, in control and confidant, then we simply aren't as prone to making a mountain out of a molehill and getting all stressed out over the little ups and downs of daily life.
So exercising is a win/win. We can lose weight, get our bodies more healthy, and relieve stress all at the same time.
Using exercise to relieve stress will not only help you lower your blood pressure and be happier, it can also help you lose any extra weight you have. Losing excess weight will help lower your blood pressure and be happier. Neat, huh?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Walking your way to good health
There is so much more to walking than most people realize. While it's a great form of exercise, a method of transportation and a lot of fun, walking also provides our body with many health benefits. In addition to the many health benefits it provides for us, it also reduces our risk of getting many diseases. We hear constantly about some new herb or supplement on the market that will prevent many diseases, but unlike these aids, walking will not cause any side effects.
Weight management is a major reason why many people enjoy walking regularly. Physical fitness is uppermost on the minds of many people today. While they may have difficulty dieting, they find that walking is great for not even burning fat and calories but also for keeping them off. Keeping your weight at a healthy amount will decrease your chances of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and more.
High blood pressure is a concern for many individuals but not near a concern for individuals that walk regularly. Physical activity like walking makes the heart stronger so it pump more blood with a lot less effort or stress on the arteries. Many doctors will say that staying in good physical condition is every bit as effective as medication for maintaining good blood pressure levels.
Good cholesterol is something that many people strive for and often fail at achieving without a doctor's care or special diet. Walking will help reduce your low-density lipoproteins (aka bad cholesterol), which are a major cause of heart attacks because of the plaque buildup they cause on the walls of your arteries.
Lower your chance of heart attack and stroke by walking regularly. Brisk walking at least three hours each week can low your chances of heart disease by up to 40 percent. All you need to do is walk for a half hour each day. This same walking, increased to an hour a day will cut your chances of a stroke in half.
Gallstone surgery can possibly be eliminated with regular walking every day. If not eliminated, it can lessen your chances of requiring gallbladder surgery by up to 30 percent. Breast cancer and diabetes are two very serious diseases that be stopped by the use of regular exercise like walking.
These are a few of the many benefits of regular walking. There are far too many ways to mention how walking can help:
• Stronger bones, muscles and joints
• Prevents depression
• Prevents constipation, colon cancer, impotence and osteoporosis
• Lower stress levels
• Improves your sleep
• Relieves arthritis and arthritic pain
• Improves your entire disposition
Weight management is a major reason why many people enjoy walking regularly. Physical fitness is uppermost on the minds of many people today. While they may have difficulty dieting, they find that walking is great for not even burning fat and calories but also for keeping them off. Keeping your weight at a healthy amount will decrease your chances of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and more.
High blood pressure is a concern for many individuals but not near a concern for individuals that walk regularly. Physical activity like walking makes the heart stronger so it pump more blood with a lot less effort or stress on the arteries. Many doctors will say that staying in good physical condition is every bit as effective as medication for maintaining good blood pressure levels.
Good cholesterol is something that many people strive for and often fail at achieving without a doctor's care or special diet. Walking will help reduce your low-density lipoproteins (aka bad cholesterol), which are a major cause of heart attacks because of the plaque buildup they cause on the walls of your arteries.
Lower your chance of heart attack and stroke by walking regularly. Brisk walking at least three hours each week can low your chances of heart disease by up to 40 percent. All you need to do is walk for a half hour each day. This same walking, increased to an hour a day will cut your chances of a stroke in half.
Gallstone surgery can possibly be eliminated with regular walking every day. If not eliminated, it can lessen your chances of requiring gallbladder surgery by up to 30 percent. Breast cancer and diabetes are two very serious diseases that be stopped by the use of regular exercise like walking.
These are a few of the many benefits of regular walking. There are far too many ways to mention how walking can help:
• Stronger bones, muscles and joints
• Prevents depression
• Prevents constipation, colon cancer, impotence and osteoporosis
• Lower stress levels
• Improves your sleep
• Relieves arthritis and arthritic pain
• Improves your entire disposition
Monday, July 21, 2008
Identifying your Health and Weight Profile for Successful Weight Loss
Even though there are some people who gain weight for genetic reasons, typically the main cause of having excess pounds on your frame comes from the type of lifestyle that you lead. This means that if you want to lose weight, you need to step back and see where your health flaws in your lifestyle lay.
If you are the type of person to indulge in fast food, sweets and other high calorie indulgences on a regular basis, you can probably safely say that your weight issues are not genetic or health related.
If you want to honestly see what your health and eating habits are, you can always make yourself up a health and weight profile to see exactly where your flaws are.To start out, go ahead and make a chart that shows for every day what you ate, when you ate it and how many calories you ingested. While you make your chart, do not forget to list all the liquids you ingested too.
You might be surprised how much sugar we sometimes ingest without even really realizing it.
The next logical step is to pay a visit to your doctor to find out how many calories you need in your daily diet. You can also browse the net for dieting tips and tricks as well. Typically, the amount of calories you need is determined by calculating your weight, height, age and the amount of exercise you get on any given week.Once you have calculated the calories necessary to have in your diet, look back and pay attention to what you recorded as having eaten in the last couple of weeks that you kept your health journal for.
This journal allows you to notice how much higher your calorie intake is than it should be. As you look over your list, use a highlighter to mark all the food that you consumed that is not good for a healthy life. This of course includes foods such as soda, candy, fast food and other high calorie items.
Even though it is okay to have some of these foods now and again, they should be a once in a while treat, not a part of your daily eating plan. After all, it is these foods that caused you to become unhealthy in the first place, so less is definitely more.The only way that you will lose weight and keep it off is to change your past bad eating habits and create a new healthy lifestyle for yourself.
Allow room in your journal for recording how much you exercise. Ideally, you will want to incorporate exercise into your daily routine a few times each week. In fact, it is suggested that you exercise at least three to five times a week.
Your journal will allow you to see if you are getting enough exercise or if your lifestyle could use some more activity. At this point you can determine what type of exercise you want to bring into your life if you find that you need more.
Exercise does not need to mean visits to the gym; you can get into shape in many different ways. For example, opt to take a long walk instead of sitting indoors or you can take the stairs instead of the elevators.
Exercise is an incredibly important part when it comes to creating a healthy lifestyle for you. Overall, it is actually exercise that is even more essential that your diet. Start today by making your diet and exercise journal and tracking your way to a much healthier lifestyle.
If you are the type of person to indulge in fast food, sweets and other high calorie indulgences on a regular basis, you can probably safely say that your weight issues are not genetic or health related.
If you want to honestly see what your health and eating habits are, you can always make yourself up a health and weight profile to see exactly where your flaws are.To start out, go ahead and make a chart that shows for every day what you ate, when you ate it and how many calories you ingested. While you make your chart, do not forget to list all the liquids you ingested too.
You might be surprised how much sugar we sometimes ingest without even really realizing it.
The next logical step is to pay a visit to your doctor to find out how many calories you need in your daily diet. You can also browse the net for dieting tips and tricks as well. Typically, the amount of calories you need is determined by calculating your weight, height, age and the amount of exercise you get on any given week.Once you have calculated the calories necessary to have in your diet, look back and pay attention to what you recorded as having eaten in the last couple of weeks that you kept your health journal for.
This journal allows you to notice how much higher your calorie intake is than it should be. As you look over your list, use a highlighter to mark all the food that you consumed that is not good for a healthy life. This of course includes foods such as soda, candy, fast food and other high calorie items.
Even though it is okay to have some of these foods now and again, they should be a once in a while treat, not a part of your daily eating plan. After all, it is these foods that caused you to become unhealthy in the first place, so less is definitely more.The only way that you will lose weight and keep it off is to change your past bad eating habits and create a new healthy lifestyle for yourself.
Allow room in your journal for recording how much you exercise. Ideally, you will want to incorporate exercise into your daily routine a few times each week. In fact, it is suggested that you exercise at least three to five times a week.
Your journal will allow you to see if you are getting enough exercise or if your lifestyle could use some more activity. At this point you can determine what type of exercise you want to bring into your life if you find that you need more.
Exercise does not need to mean visits to the gym; you can get into shape in many different ways. For example, opt to take a long walk instead of sitting indoors or you can take the stairs instead of the elevators.
Exercise is an incredibly important part when it comes to creating a healthy lifestyle for you. Overall, it is actually exercise that is even more essential that your diet. Start today by making your diet and exercise journal and tracking your way to a much healthier lifestyle.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Exercise and Hypertension
Exercise and Hypertension
So what is Exercise, Hypertension really all about? The following report includes some fascinating information about Exercise, Hypertension--info you can use, not just the old stuff they used to tell you.
Now that we've covered those aspects of Exercise, Hypertension, let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.
Exercise and Hypertension
It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to three times more likely to experience a heart failure.
The problem with this disease is that nearly one third of the folks who have hypertension do not know it because they never feel any direct pain. But overtime the force of that pressure damages the inside surface of your blood vessels.
However, according to experts, hypertension is not predestined. Reducing salt intake, adopting a desirable dietary pattern losing weight and exercising can all help prevent hypertension.
Obviously, quitting bad habits and eating a low fat diet will help, but the most significant part that you can do is to exercise. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it also enhances the health of the heart muscles.
Heart and Exercise
The exercise stimulates the development of new connections between the impaired and the nearly normal blood vessels, so people who exercise had a better blood supply to all the muscle tissue of the heart.
The human heart basically, supply blood to an area of the heart damaged in a “myocardial infarction.” A heart attack is a condition, in which, the myocardium or the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen and other nutrients and so it begins to die.
For this reason and after a series of careful considerations, some researchers have observed that exercise can stimulate the development of these life saving detours in the heart. One study further showed that moderate exercise several times a week is more effective in building up these auxiliary pathways than extremely vigorous exercise done twice as often.
Such information has led some people to think of exercise as a panacea for heart disorders, a fail-safe protection against hypertension or death. That is not so. Even marathon runners that have suffered hypertension, and exercise cannot overcome combination of other risk factor.
What Causes Hypertension?
Sometimes abnormalities of the kidney are responsible. There is also a study wherein the researchers identified more common contributing factors such as heredity, obesity, and lack of physical activity. And so, what can be done to lower blood pressure and avoid the risk of developing hypertension? Again, exercise seems to be just what the doctor might order.
If you think that is what he will do, then, try to contemplate on this list and find some ways how you can incorporate these things into your lifestyle and start to live a life free from the possibilities of developing hypertension. But before you start following the systematic instructions, it would be better to review them first before getting into action.
1. See your doctor
Check with your doctor before beginning an exercise program. If you make any significant changes in your level of physical activity — particularly if those changes could make large and sudden demands on your circulatory system — check with your doctors again.
2. Take it slow
Start at a low, comfortable level of exertion and progress gradually. The program is designed in two stages to allow for a progressive increase in activity.
3. Know your limit
Determine your safety limit for exertion. Use some clues such as sleep problems or fatigue the day after a workout to check on whether you are overdoing it. Once identified, stay within it. Over-exercising is both dangerous and unnecessary.
4. Exercise regularly
You need to work out a minimum of three times a week and a maximum of five times a week to get the most benefit. Once you are in peak condition, a single workout a week can maintain the muscular benefits. However, cardiovascular fitness requires more frequent activity.
5. Exercise at a rate within your capacity
The optimum benefits for older exercisers are produced by exercise at 40% to 60% of capacity.
Indeed, weight loss through exercise is an excellent starting point if you wan tot prevent hypertension. Experts say that being overweight is linked to an increased risk of developing hypertension, and losing weight decreases the risk.
There's no doubt that the topic of Exercise, Hypertension can be fascinating. If you still have unanswered questions about Exercise, Hypertension, you may find what you're looking for in the next article.
So what is Exercise, Hypertension really all about? The following report includes some fascinating information about Exercise, Hypertension--info you can use, not just the old stuff they used to tell you.
Now that we've covered those aspects of Exercise, Hypertension, let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.
Exercise and Hypertension
It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to three times more likely to experience a heart failure.
The problem with this disease is that nearly one third of the folks who have hypertension do not know it because they never feel any direct pain. But overtime the force of that pressure damages the inside surface of your blood vessels.
However, according to experts, hypertension is not predestined. Reducing salt intake, adopting a desirable dietary pattern losing weight and exercising can all help prevent hypertension.
Obviously, quitting bad habits and eating a low fat diet will help, but the most significant part that you can do is to exercise. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it also enhances the health of the heart muscles.
Heart and Exercise
The exercise stimulates the development of new connections between the impaired and the nearly normal blood vessels, so people who exercise had a better blood supply to all the muscle tissue of the heart.
The human heart basically, supply blood to an area of the heart damaged in a “myocardial infarction.” A heart attack is a condition, in which, the myocardium or the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen and other nutrients and so it begins to die.
For this reason and after a series of careful considerations, some researchers have observed that exercise can stimulate the development of these life saving detours in the heart. One study further showed that moderate exercise several times a week is more effective in building up these auxiliary pathways than extremely vigorous exercise done twice as often.
Such information has led some people to think of exercise as a panacea for heart disorders, a fail-safe protection against hypertension or death. That is not so. Even marathon runners that have suffered hypertension, and exercise cannot overcome combination of other risk factor.
What Causes Hypertension?
Sometimes abnormalities of the kidney are responsible. There is also a study wherein the researchers identified more common contributing factors such as heredity, obesity, and lack of physical activity. And so, what can be done to lower blood pressure and avoid the risk of developing hypertension? Again, exercise seems to be just what the doctor might order.
If you think that is what he will do, then, try to contemplate on this list and find some ways how you can incorporate these things into your lifestyle and start to live a life free from the possibilities of developing hypertension. But before you start following the systematic instructions, it would be better to review them first before getting into action.
1. See your doctor
Check with your doctor before beginning an exercise program. If you make any significant changes in your level of physical activity — particularly if those changes could make large and sudden demands on your circulatory system — check with your doctors again.
2. Take it slow
Start at a low, comfortable level of exertion and progress gradually. The program is designed in two stages to allow for a progressive increase in activity.
3. Know your limit
Determine your safety limit for exertion. Use some clues such as sleep problems or fatigue the day after a workout to check on whether you are overdoing it. Once identified, stay within it. Over-exercising is both dangerous and unnecessary.
4. Exercise regularly
You need to work out a minimum of three times a week and a maximum of five times a week to get the most benefit. Once you are in peak condition, a single workout a week can maintain the muscular benefits. However, cardiovascular fitness requires more frequent activity.
5. Exercise at a rate within your capacity
The optimum benefits for older exercisers are produced by exercise at 40% to 60% of capacity.
Indeed, weight loss through exercise is an excellent starting point if you wan tot prevent hypertension. Experts say that being overweight is linked to an increased risk of developing hypertension, and losing weight decreases the risk.
There's no doubt that the topic of Exercise, Hypertension can be fascinating. If you still have unanswered questions about Exercise, Hypertension, you may find what you're looking for in the next article.
Monday, February 26, 2007
A Diet Isn't Forever
By: Ken Bendor
A lifestyle change means that you're changing the way you live your life through better nutrition, good exercise and healthy habits. Eating more fruits and vegetables can be a lifestyle change as well as starting to walk, run or exercise everyday. A diet simply means what we eat but in today's world means restricting your calories to lose weight.
While a lifestyle change should be permanent, diets don't have to be. Ending a diet the proper way will ensure that you keep all the weight off, stay healthy and never go back to your old and unhealthy ways again.
Coming off a diet means that you should add calories back into your food so that you'll stop losing weight. To figure out how many calories you should eat now that you don't want your weight to change, use the Daily Calorie Needs Calculator. The amount of calories you burn per day will be the amount of calories that you eat per day.
Another way to maintain weight without adding calories into your diet is to exercise less. If you were trying to lose weight by doing an extra amount of cardio everyday, you can cut back on that exercising. Because there a lot of health benefits that come from doing cardio, completely eliminating it from your routine is a bad idea. Maintaining weight by adding calories is a better option.
Remember that even though you are ending your diet, you are still committing yourself to a healthy lifestyle. Adding unhealthy foods to your everyday eating habits isn't healthy even if you don't gain weight from them. Having a twinkie every now and then isn't horrible for you, but eating junk food too often can bring you back to gaining unwanted weight and having to start a diet all over again.
A lifestyle change means that you're changing the way you live your life through better nutrition, good exercise and healthy habits. Eating more fruits and vegetables can be a lifestyle change as well as starting to walk, run or exercise everyday. A diet simply means what we eat but in today's world means restricting your calories to lose weight.
While a lifestyle change should be permanent, diets don't have to be. Ending a diet the proper way will ensure that you keep all the weight off, stay healthy and never go back to your old and unhealthy ways again.
Coming off a diet means that you should add calories back into your food so that you'll stop losing weight. To figure out how many calories you should eat now that you don't want your weight to change, use the Daily Calorie Needs Calculator. The amount of calories you burn per day will be the amount of calories that you eat per day.
Another way to maintain weight without adding calories into your diet is to exercise less. If you were trying to lose weight by doing an extra amount of cardio everyday, you can cut back on that exercising. Because there a lot of health benefits that come from doing cardio, completely eliminating it from your routine is a bad idea. Maintaining weight by adding calories is a better option.
Remember that even though you are ending your diet, you are still committing yourself to a healthy lifestyle. Adding unhealthy foods to your everyday eating habits isn't healthy even if you don't gain weight from them. Having a twinkie every now and then isn't horrible for you, but eating junk food too often can bring you back to gaining unwanted weight and having to start a diet all over again.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Does Heart Grow Older With Age?
Your age does not determine how young or old your heart really is. A heart of a 40-year-old person may have the vitality of a 30-year-old while a much younger person’s heart could behave as one twice the chronological age of the person. Sound unbelievable?
So how can one determine one’s heart’s well being? One way is to find out the blood pressure and heart rate.
For adults in an urban society, the normal blood pressure is 130/80 and the heart rate is between 60 and 90. Nevertheless, the ideal level is closer to 110/70, level of which corresponds to persons in their 20s and 30s.
Everybody stands an equal chance of contracting heart disease if one neglects the health. Cardiovascular disease is largely preventable through adopting a healthy lifestyle program from young.
According to a cardiologist, the 4 foundation pillars of maintaining good heart health include a balanced diet; adequate exercise; abstaining from smoking; and limiting alcohol consumption and emotional balance.
Our hearts suffer when we keep poor dietary habits. A diet rich in foods of high GI (glycemic index) and GL (glycemic load) accelerates damages to the heart’s arteries.
Glucose in our bodies reacts with oxygen to produce energy and free radicals are generated in this oxidation process. The excess free radicals produced converts the bad cholesterol in our bodies into an oxidized form that could damage the inner lining of our blood vessel walls, resulting in a leakage of fat between its layers.
Foods with high GI and GL raise the body’s blood sugar to high levels very quickly. A sudden spike in glucose levels leads to an increase in the amounts of free radicals, thus increasing the likelihood of blood vessel damage and shrinkage.
The damage is, however, is reversible.
One way is to consume fewer foods of high GI and GL. These include baked goods like muffins and croissants, dairy products like ice cream, white breads, snacks like potato chips and candy bars and even potatoes.
We should allot a bigger portion of our daily diet to: 5 to 8 servings of vegetables; 4 to 6 servings of fruits; 3 to 6 servings of nuts, eggs, legumes, fish and beans; 1 to 2 servings of skinless chicken, turkey or other lean meats and giving the least weight to carbohydrates, occasionally eating whole grain bread, pasta or rice.
To supplement a healthy diet, 30 and 45 minutes of exercise 5 times a week is essential. Exercise benefits the heart as it builds up muscle bulk and conditions the arteries to both mobilize and accommodate a larger volume of blood.
In conclusion, if you want a healthier, happier and young heart, choose wisely, exercise and stay away with unhealthy high-GI foods.
America's Most Trusted Doctor Reveals ... How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - Without Drugs or Surgery. Read more about his confession at: http://www.howtopreventheartdisease.com/heart-disease-prevention-dr-robert-article.html
So how can one determine one’s heart’s well being? One way is to find out the blood pressure and heart rate.
For adults in an urban society, the normal blood pressure is 130/80 and the heart rate is between 60 and 90. Nevertheless, the ideal level is closer to 110/70, level of which corresponds to persons in their 20s and 30s.
Everybody stands an equal chance of contracting heart disease if one neglects the health. Cardiovascular disease is largely preventable through adopting a healthy lifestyle program from young.
According to a cardiologist, the 4 foundation pillars of maintaining good heart health include a balanced diet; adequate exercise; abstaining from smoking; and limiting alcohol consumption and emotional balance.
Our hearts suffer when we keep poor dietary habits. A diet rich in foods of high GI (glycemic index) and GL (glycemic load) accelerates damages to the heart’s arteries.
Glucose in our bodies reacts with oxygen to produce energy and free radicals are generated in this oxidation process. The excess free radicals produced converts the bad cholesterol in our bodies into an oxidized form that could damage the inner lining of our blood vessel walls, resulting in a leakage of fat between its layers.
Foods with high GI and GL raise the body’s blood sugar to high levels very quickly. A sudden spike in glucose levels leads to an increase in the amounts of free radicals, thus increasing the likelihood of blood vessel damage and shrinkage.
The damage is, however, is reversible.
One way is to consume fewer foods of high GI and GL. These include baked goods like muffins and croissants, dairy products like ice cream, white breads, snacks like potato chips and candy bars and even potatoes.
We should allot a bigger portion of our daily diet to: 5 to 8 servings of vegetables; 4 to 6 servings of fruits; 3 to 6 servings of nuts, eggs, legumes, fish and beans; 1 to 2 servings of skinless chicken, turkey or other lean meats and giving the least weight to carbohydrates, occasionally eating whole grain bread, pasta or rice.
To supplement a healthy diet, 30 and 45 minutes of exercise 5 times a week is essential. Exercise benefits the heart as it builds up muscle bulk and conditions the arteries to both mobilize and accommodate a larger volume of blood.
In conclusion, if you want a healthier, happier and young heart, choose wisely, exercise and stay away with unhealthy high-GI foods.
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