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How to Tune up the Human Heart

by Ellie Schneider

Doing what you can now will reduce the chances of having a heart attack and increase your life which should be every ones goal.

Fuel for the Body:
The human body needs food to fuel us thru our busy days. Our bodies turn the food we eat into energy we need to keep our body functioning properly. Fried and fatty foods are bad for the body and gum up the works. These types of foods help build blockage in the arteries that deliver the vital supply of blood to and from the heart, and when one of them clogs you have a heart attack. Try switching your diet to broiled fish and chicken, with lots of steamed or raw vegetables. These foods are full of needed nutrients and will help keep your arteries clean and your heart strong.

Working Out:
More and more people are working longer hours and have less time to stop to eat a healthy meal and wind up eating fast food in their cars while running from one appointment to another. This is why it is more important then ever before that you make sure to get a good heart pumping workout for at least 3 hours every week. One option is to join a gym and use the life cycle, step class or the treadmill, another good idea is to get a treadmill for your home, spend 20 min a day climbing up and down the stairs in your home, or just go for a walk around your neighborhood. Wherever you choose to workout make sure you push yourself hard enough that you break into a good sweat and bring your pulse rate up, but if you find you can not hold a conversation because you are breathing too heard then you are pushing yourself too hard and can risk injury. Whatever you do it is important for your health that you stick with it and not quit after a few weeks.

Drugs, Cigarettes and Booze:
Everyone has a vice or two in their life. Some people have to have something sweet every day or whatever it may be, but smoking Cigarette, dinking alcohol and getting high on drugs increases your chances of having a heart attack by ten times. These vices put such stress on the heart as well as put thinks into your blood that makes it more likely to clot and cause a heart attack or even a stroke. Drugs like coke, crake and even pot smoking raises your heart rate and blood pressure. This causes your heart to work harder then it should and can weaken your heart to the point where you cant get out of bed and have to live the rest of your life hooked up to machines that have to pump your blood for you while you wait on a list for a heart transplant. This does not mean you can never drink or smoke the occasional grass, but if you want to keep healthy you must avoid had drugs and over indulgence of Alcohol.

If you want to live long enough to enjoy your golden years you have to start doing something about it now. Many people will say that 60 yeas ago people ate much worse then we do now, but my reply would be that those people also did more physical labor then we do today.

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