Important Things You Must Do After A Minor Heart Attack
It’s normal to feel worried after having a heart attack, especially after spending time in the hospital. Of course, you want to return to your regular routine but you have to consider the condition of your heart. It’s important to start slowly to give your heart a chance to heal.
Here are some of the tips for you to strengthen your heart and reclaim your health:
You Have The Power To Improve
Manage Stress
Know What Triggered Your Heart Attack
“It’s not always possible to know, but many times there are things we can identify that were the cause, and a lot of them are lifestyle factors.”
She says that she once has a patient whose heart attack was caused by his smoking habit instead of cholesterol levels or hypertension. Due to this, the patient quit smoking and after that, he never had another cardiac issue.
Eat More Fruits And Veggies
Be Active
“Inactivity is associated with a two-fold increase in risk for heart attacks. Exercise is absolutely, absolutely essential. The heart is a muscle. If you don’t use muscles, they don’t stay strong. The way to use the heart is to make it work, and you do that through exercise.”
Studies revealed that an exercise performed four to five times per week and begun before the age of 65 can “reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent the risk of future heart failure.”
Simple brisk walking or taking the stairs at work can make your heart beat faster.
Understand All Your Meds
Limit Calories
- Use Smaller Plates when eating meals
- Cook your own food
- Don’t add sugar to tea or coffee
- Avoid eating sugar-sweetened drinks
- Use Less Sauce (Ketchup or mayonnaise add more calories to food)
- Bulk Up Meals With Vegetables
- Drink Water Before Your Meal
- Eat Your Meals Slowly
- Don't Keep Junk Food in the House
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