Contrary to popular notion, taking care of the heart and preventing heart attacks is not just about special diets.Sure,cutting down on salt and fats help, but to ensure that your heart keeps ticking away without missing a beat, you need to change your lifestyle to include a wholesome diet and regular exercise.

The key is to keep the risk factors like cholesterol and blood pressure under control.To ensure that, change over to a heart-healthy diet, consisting of fruits and vegetables, whole grain high fibre foods, less salt and saturated fats,and more fish, especially oily fish.

The focus should be on eating to keep your body weight under control.This is where exercise comes in A regular exercise schedule is a must to keep one’s body weight within the ideal BMI and the heart in good shape.

And that’s not all,the big picture to heart care also includes quitting smoking, moderating alcohol consumption and reducing stress levels.

Drinking black or green tea is also a good idea.Cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center have concluded that drinking black or green tea (which contain antioxidants) may help reduce a potentially harmful constriction of blood vessels after a high-fat meal.

Despite all these measures there are genetic risk factors that may make one person more prone to heart disease than another.But taking holistic measures will ensure that your heart still goes on.

Via:UMMC

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