Risk Factors for Developing Cardiovascular Diseases:
There are many risk factor associated with heart conditions that can be easily modified to have a healthy cardiovascular system and an overall better quality of life some of these behavioural modifiable risk factor are:
1) Obesity and unhealthy diet
An unhealthy diet is one of the main causes of heart diseases since it leads to the development of the main factors that decrease the efficacy of the heart and vessels like raised blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, raised blood glucose levels that eventually end up in making you overweight and obese with the accompanying comorbidities like the development of the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance.
The main things you have to consider changing in your diet to make it a bit nutritious and more heart healthy are:
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- Lowering your daily salt intake since it leads to the development of hypertension and renal diseases that end up affecting your heart and vessels
- You should also try to stop adding too much sugar to your food since it increases the rate of body inflammation and leads to type 2 diabetes
- You should also choose the right types of fat to add to your diet always go for unsaturated fatty acids like olive oil and omega 3 fatty acids to help you avoid the harmful effects that come with dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis
- You should make sure to have plenty of vegetables and fruits to load up on minerals, vitamins, and fiber that are essential for body health and particularly heart health.
