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One of the common ways to avoid heart cholesterol levels. Here are some tips to
disease controlling the risk factors like prevent heart ailment diseases:
high blood pressure and high
Healthy diet and exercise can prevent heart diseases
Maintaining a heart-healthy diet: To deep-fried fast foods, bakery products
maintain a healthy heart, your diet and packaged snack foods.
should be rich in fruits, vegetables,
Exercise: Physical activities like exercise,
whole grains, low-fat dairy products,
sports, etc are perhaps the best potent
beans and certain types of fish. Such
medication we possess. But, after we
kind of diet reduces risk of heart
reach a certain age-group, most od us
diseases.
don't pay heed to such activities. We
Also, to maintain a heart healthy diet, it keep ourselves engaged in some or the
is essential to control specific fats you other work, but physical activity. Exercise
eat. For instance, saturated, not only helps reducing weight but also
monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and increases one's metabolism. Thereby,
trans fat. Consumption of these fats someone who regularly exercises is less
raises blood cholesterol levels, thus exposed to risk of heart disease and
leads to risk of coronary artery disease. stroke. Include exercise in your lifestyle.
Major sources of saturated fat consists Avoid over-sleeping: After a busy week,
of - red meat, dairy products, coconut people generally prefer sleeping long
and palm oils. Sources of trans fat are - and steady over the weekends or
holidays. Sleeping for 7-8 hours is
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