How To Keep Your Heart Young

As the famous American cardiologist Paul D. White said, the heart diseases after the age of 80-years is and not a Divine scourge, but the result of our own life mistakes. The Heart is the perfect engine with the opportunity to work continuously to 150 years. And the fact that this term in is modern society is almost three times lower is our own merit. Or, to extend our youthful heart, will need to make some effort:

• keep moving. Movement is the best medicine for humanity. Attending the swimming pool, gym, dancing, running, skating, walking - but do not overload yourself.
• eat correctly. Fearing to get too much cholesterol does not mean that you have to completely avoid animal fats. Leave them 15-20% of your diet, filling the remaining 80% with fish, nuts, vegetable oils and fiber (whole cereals, fresh herbs, vegetables, fruits).
  
• plan your day. Get enough time for rest and sleep (at least 8 hours). Unchecked workaholic may, after all, end up on a hospital bed.
• get along with your stress. Avoiding stressful situations is impossible, so learn to cope with your emotions. Take as given the things you can't change, learn to relax.
• give-up smoking. Nicotine in no small measure contributes to the development of atherosclerosis, and contrary to the optimism of smokers, is able to provoke a heart attack.
• get rid of over weight. Every extra kilogram bears additional burden on the heart. Keep yourself in good shape, but when you'll decide to get on a diet, remember that it needs to be healthy forget it to be correct and well balanced. The "slimming" process is not very safe thing and it is best to pursue, under the guidance of an experienced dietician.
• Take in the habit to visit a cardiologist at least once a year for preventive examinations. And keep cholesterol under control.

Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure.