Do’s
1.Eat more of fruit, vegetables, high-fibre, and low-cholesterol food.
2. Try to eat a new healthy recipe each week.
3. When traveling, carry heart-healthy snacks to avoid fast foods.
4. Drink adequate water daily.
5. Exercise regularly and go for a brisk walk for 45 minutes to an hour, 3-4 times a week, to help increase your good cholesterol.
6. Take the stairs routinely.
7. Take the first available parking space and walk the extra distance to office or work.
8. Stop drinking alcohol, or limit it to a peg a day, twice a week.
9. Maintain a healthy body weight.
10. Control your blood glucose level.
11. If you are diabetic, get your lipid profile checked every 3 months.
12. Get a yearly checkup.
13. Sleep for 6-8 hours at a stretch.
14. Practice yoga to keep your lungs and heart healthy along with strengthening your back muscles.
15. Know the symptoms of a heart attack and get help right away.
Don’t’s
1. Don’t eat fried, junk, salty and oily food, and avoid red meat.
2. Don’t give diabetes a chance to increase your heart risk.
3. Don’t take stress for too long, by taking a ‘stress break’ of 15 minutes for relaxation, meditation or a walk.
4. Don’t feel depressed, with the help of a friend or relative.
5. Don’t start exercising without your doctor’s permission.
6. Don’t start late on good lifestyle practices such as walking, jogging, cycling or playing regularly with your children.
7. Quit smoking.
8. Don’t miss your regular appointments with the doctor.
TESTS FOR YOUR HEART
1. Checking your family history for causes of heart diseases.
2. Blood pressure levels (normal is 120 mmHg systolic / 80 mmHg diastolic)
3. Blood sugar level tests (fasting and post-meal).
4. Glucose tolerance test (GTT) and/ or a Glycosylated haemoglobin level test.
5. Lipid profile test (total cholesterol, HDL-good cholesterol, LDL-bad
cholesterol, HDL:cholesterol ratio, and triglycerides).
6. ECG, 2D echo and a stress test.
7. Angiography.
1.Eat more of fruit, vegetables, high-fibre, and low-cholesterol food.
2. Try to eat a new healthy recipe each week.
3. When traveling, carry heart-healthy snacks to avoid fast foods.
4. Drink adequate water daily.
5. Exercise regularly and go for a brisk walk for 45 minutes to an hour, 3-4 times a week, to help increase your good cholesterol.
6. Take the stairs routinely.
7. Take the first available parking space and walk the extra distance to office or work.
8. Stop drinking alcohol, or limit it to a peg a day, twice a week.
9. Maintain a healthy body weight.
10. Control your blood glucose level.
11. If you are diabetic, get your lipid profile checked every 3 months.
12. Get a yearly checkup.
13. Sleep for 6-8 hours at a stretch.
14. Practice yoga to keep your lungs and heart healthy along with strengthening your back muscles.
15. Know the symptoms of a heart attack and get help right away.
Don’t’s
1. Don’t eat fried, junk, salty and oily food, and avoid red meat.
2. Don’t give diabetes a chance to increase your heart risk.
3. Don’t take stress for too long, by taking a ‘stress break’ of 15 minutes for relaxation, meditation or a walk.
4. Don’t feel depressed, with the help of a friend or relative.
5. Don’t start exercising without your doctor’s permission.
6. Don’t start late on good lifestyle practices such as walking, jogging, cycling or playing regularly with your children.
7. Quit smoking.
8. Don’t miss your regular appointments with the doctor.
TESTS FOR YOUR HEART
1. Checking your family history for causes of heart diseases.
2. Blood pressure levels (normal is 120 mmHg systolic / 80 mmHg diastolic)
3. Blood sugar level tests (fasting and post-meal).
4. Glucose tolerance test (GTT) and/ or a Glycosylated haemoglobin level test.
5. Lipid profile test (total cholesterol, HDL-good cholesterol, LDL-bad
cholesterol, HDL:cholesterol ratio, and triglycerides).
6. ECG, 2D echo and a stress test.
7. Angiography.