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/

Disclaimer: This content including advice provides generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for a qualified medical opinion. Always consult a specialist or your own doctor for more information. Jugaadin.com does not claim responsibility for this information.

Patients underlying weak immune system, Diabetic and heart diseases are a great concern. So, to advise patients with underlying cardiovascular disease of the potential increased risk and to encourage reasonable precautions, Dr. Dinesh Sehgal, Interventional Cardiologist at Sapra Multispecialty Hospital, Hisar was invited at Talk@Jugaadin News.

He informed  ”According to a study, the Heart patients can get affected by the virus in several ways. Though the primary focus of Coronavirus is the lungs, but this could have an impact on the heart, particularly the diseased heart, because it has to work hard to get oxygenated blood through the body. In this way, the problem for coronary heart patients increases as the heart is already having difficulty in pumping the blood. Also, the person suffering from heart issues might have a weak immune system so when virus attacks, the body’s immune system can’t fight back with foreign particles. Also, immunity decreases with aging that’ why aged persons are also at risk of getting infection easily. These patients with heart diseases can be considered as High-risk Patients.

He also explained the new coronavirus, spreads through droplets in the air when someone coughs or sneezes. He recommends that people should protect themselves by adopting some very useful habits: