Cardiac health is understood as good health condition of heart. Make sure that you take care of your heart since it’s a vital organ which is responsible for circulation of the blood to various body parts through blood vessels. Blood is the essential component to transfer all vital supplements to the body. Therefore a hiccup will arise if you are not seeing the signals or indications which your body shows when it needs help.
It is important to notice the small symptoms of getting heart problems so that you can take quick action towards maintaining good health of your heart.
Symptoms:
• Rapid breath & heart rate
• Irregular heart beat
• Pain in the chest
• Difficulty in breathing
• Tightness of chest
• Sweating
• Imbalance/giddiness
• Numbness
Causes For Heart Problem:
• Stress & anxiety
• Smoking & drinking alcohol
• Irregular food habits
• Lots of junk food
• Sleeplessness
• Increased blood pressure
• Overweight/ Obesity
• Congenital & Genetic causes
Complications:
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Stroke
• Aneurysm
How do Your Prevent Heart Problems??
Holistic approach to improve the Cardiac Health
1. Diet or Food Habits:
Low fat and low carbohydrates are highly recommended to prevent cardiac problems.
All fresh fruits & vegetables are very important to meet the essential nutrients to our body.
Nuts & seeds are rich in potassium, magnesium and other minerals which are helpful to reduce the high blood pressure.
Dark leafy greens are advised to take because of their high value of nutrients like Vit –A, Vit –E, Vit –K and other antioxidants.
Omega 3 fatty rich foods like chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, walnuts, soya been, avocado, fish, salmon, etc.
2. Physical Activity:
Everyone must do some physical activity to maintain the health of whole body. Regular physical activities are very good mood enhancers and improves the strength of muscles and organs. When it comes to physical exercises, one must do according to their capabilities with care to prevent injuries or any damage to body parts. Its better to perform with the instructor or coach at beginning.
Other benefits of doing physical exercises are improving the flexibility of joints and blood circulation.
Physical activity might be YOGA, gym, walking etc
Yoga is well known for keeping the body and mind in healthy state. It is important to practice various activities of yoga like breathing exercise, asanas (postures) in different series, relaxation techniques and pranayama to control over the each body part and their function. Yoga helps in improving the heart rate variability and helps in improving the coping mechanism of your heart. A important pranayama practice which is very useful for heart health is Nadi shuddhi or Anuloma Viloma pranayama.
3. Stress Management:
Stress is the main cause for many diseases. So it is very important that we learn to manage stress in day to day life.
Yoga therapy, Acupucture, Ayurveda therapies such as shirodhara, abhyanga are useful stress management techniques
