To fight cardiovascular disease, a slight change in lifestyle and taking a healthy diet can give incredible results. Take easy steps below as part of your life to ensure long-term benefits for your health and your heart.

1. Balance calories: You should know about how many calories you are taking in to maintain your weight. Don’t take too many calories that you can’t burn in a day. Do more physical activity to burn up the calories. Regular physical exercise will help you control your weight and improve your physical and cardiovascular fitness. Walking and using the stairs instead of the elevator are some of the physical exercises that may help you in maintaining weight.

2. Eat nutritious food: You consume a lot of food, but your body may not be getting the nutrients. Nutrient-rich diets have minerals, proteins, whole grains, and other essential nutrients but low calories. They can help you regulate your body weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure. Avoid taking foods that are bad for your cardiac health. DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is best for maintaining cardiovascular health.

3. Avoid Nicotine and Tobacco: Do not smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products. They are harmful to the heart and your body.

4. Don’t take too many soft drinks and food with added sugars.

5. To lower your cholesterol level, don’t take saturated fat and trans fat or you can replace these fats with better fats. http://news.jugaadin.com/manage-your-cholesterol-level-to-prevent-heart-attack/

6. If you are an alcoholic, limit your alcohol intake.

7. Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables to maintain the nutrient level in the body.

8. Limit sodium intake. Don’t add extra salt to any food item you eat.

Follow these recommendations of diet and lifestyle to have a healthy heart or to prevent cardiovascular diseases.  http://news.jugaadin.com/lifestyle-factors-that-increase-the-risk-for-heart-disease/

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