Weekly Healthy Advice From Växa
Sprint Your Way Towards A Healthy Heart:
Your couch is always a very large temptation. It’s easy to just lie down, turn on the television and maybe grab a bag of chips to snack on. You tell yourself you will only eat a few, and that it’s harmless. We all know that this isn’t necessarily the way things go. Next thing you know you’re waking up with the empty bag, crumbs and grease stains on your shirt. A sedentary lifestyle not only results in weight gain, but it also contributes to high cholesterol and heart disease.
Exercise has a multitude of benefits for your overall health, including your emotional health, but one of its most quantifiable benefits is the results it has on your cardiovascular health. A consistent exercise routine that is well balanced can literally add years to your life. If you are at risk of heart disease, then exercise is one of the best methods you can use to help ensure the health of your heart.
Some of the risk factors for heart disease are:
- Genetics – If your family has a history of heart disease and high cholesterol, you are at risk.
- Lifestyle – If you are overweight, obese, or if you eat a lot of junk food you are at risk.
- High Cholesterol – Both genetics and lifestyle contribute to your cholesterol levels.
- Smoking – Smoking can directly lead to numerous health problems, including heart disease.
- Age – As you age, your risk factors increase. Exercise can lower that risk.
- Alcohol Consumption – Alcohol can raise blood pressure, leading to heart disease.
- Diabetes – If you are diabetic, you are at much higher risk of developing heart disease.
- Stress – Stress is a leading precursor to heart disease.
By establishing a well balanced exercise routine, you are essentially lowering your risk of having a heart attack by almost half. Exercise can not only lower your weight, but it can also lower your bad cholesterol or LDL and raise your good cholesterol or HDL. A well balanced exercise plan consists of stretching, strengthening exercises and aerobic activity. Aerobic activity is any sort of exercise that raises your heartbeat; this type of exercise should ideally be done between 20-30 minutes daily to achieve the maximum results. Any aerobic exercise should be preceded with a warm-up, and followed by a cool-down. You should not overdo it; if you feel that your heart is pumping too fast, or if you begin to feel lightheaded than you should slow down and take it easy. An exercise routine should be gradually increased as your strength and endurance increase. If you overdo your work-out, you can actually face adverse health reactions.
Before you begin any exercise routine you should consult your physician to ensure that you are healthy enough to begin working out. This is especially true if you have any of the risk factors associated with heart disease. Consistent exercise, combined with a diet that is rich in lean proteins, whole grains and fruits and vegetables, can reduce your risk of heart disease drastically.
Along with diet and exercise, other natural steps can be added that will help to manage the health of your heart. Växa’s Cholesten-LDL is a scientifically advanced, homeopathic medicinal which helps the body monitor its levels and proportions of circulatory fats (HDL and LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides). It naturally helps the body in its performance of these activities:
- Inhibiting “bad” (LDL) cholesterol production and lowering cholesterol levels.
- Increasing "good" (HDL) cholesterol levels.
- Metabolizing and reducing fatty acids within the blood stream and upon heart and arterial tissue.
- Monitoring and maintaining appropriate levels and proportions of circulatory fats to lower cholesterol and restore proper management.
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