HEART HEALTH – HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR MOST IMPORTANT ORGAN

Your heart beats 50 to 100 times a minute, pumping around five to six liters of blood through your body – an incredible feat that our heart performs every day to keep us alive. In order for it to continue to beat strongly and perform all its functions well into old age, it must also be handled with care. Regular exercise, a low-fat diet and giving up cigarettes, for example, are factors that contribute to your heart health.

Heart disease on the rise

Coronary heart disease (calcification of the blood vessel walls, which leads to circulatory disorders and thus impaired oxygen supply to the heart muscle), cardiac arrhythmia, circulatory disorders of the heart vessels, heart attack, heart failure or angina pectoris (chest tightness) are all heart diseases that have become increasingly common in recent years! Cardiovascular disease is now by far the most common cause of death in Austria, affecting around 34,000 people per year. Reasons for this are quickly found, because factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, elevated blood lipid levels, little exercise, stress, smoking, vascular calcification cause heart disease immensely. The good news about it? You can do something good for your heart yourself!

7 tips for a healthy heart

How does your heart fall in love with you? In which you give him attention and care! Here are our top tips on how to make your heart shine: 1) Exercise and strengthen your heart muscle At least 30 minutes of exercise a day, such as walking, jogging, cycling, swimming or even climbing stairs, strengthens your heart, because the strain on the body requires more energy and oxygen and the heart starts to beat faster. When the heartbeat speeds up, more blood is pumped into the body and the heart muscle is trained – so sport is always a workout for your heart too! 2) Watch your weight Being overweight promotes the development of arteriosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries caused by connective tissue, which in turn can lead to coronary heart disease and even a heart attack. To prevent this, pay attention to your body weight, because if it is within the healthy range, it makes your heart’s work much easier. The APEX concept from VABO-N can help you lose weight and make you feel good all round – and it’s probably not just your heart that will be happy about that! 😉 3) Give up cigarettes Nicotine promotes an increase in blood pressure and constricts the blood vessels. In addition, the carbon monoxide in the cigarette irritates the inside of the blood vessels, making it easier for fat to deposit in the vessels. In particular, the regularity of cigarette use can double to quadruple the risk of coronary heart disease, or angina, which in turn can trigger a heart attack. P.S.: For all those who only smoke occasionally & especially when a glass of wine or a bottle of beer is involved: Excessive alcohol consumption is also a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease! So it’s best to kill two birds with one stone & minimize both! 😉 4) Schedule check-ups – your heart should also see a doctor from time to time Checking blood lipid levels such as cholesterol & triglycerides is particularly important, as the higher they are, the greater the risk of cardiovascular disease. In Austria, there is the privilege of having a free health examination once a year from the age of 18. This service should be used to rule out or detect any heart disease or other illnesses at an early stage. 5) Don’t oversalt your heart health Too many cooks oversalt the broth – or in this case: too much salt oversalts your heart health! This is because it drives up blood pressure, and this can have serious consequences on blood vessels, as high blood pressure can injure the vessel wall. The WHO recommends a maximum of 5 grams per day, which is roughly equivalent to one teaspoon. Our tip: Instead of reaching for the usual salt, how about experimenting with herbs and spices? This can give your food very different and surprisingly tasty notes! 😉 6) Less stress, more time for what’s good for you Stress reactions are physical and mental reactions to the effects of stressors that disrupt your inner balance. This releases stress hormones (biochemical messengers) that cause the body to release energy reserves in preparation for stressful situations. This in turn increases blood pressure and reduces oxygen supply. Physical exercise that is fun can help – because it deactivates the stress hormones and the sympathetic nervous system (part of the autonomic nervous system and responsible for our body reacting to stress) and this in turn has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system, the heart muscle no longer needs as much oxygen and the heart rate slows down again. 7) Pay attention to the correct ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. For our health, it is not only the amount of omega-3 per se that we consume daily that is crucial, but above all the right ratio between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids – because only then can both fatty acids optimally fulfill their function in the body. While an imbalance at the expense of omega-3 leads to silent inflammation and classic civilization diseases such as cardiovascular diseases or high blood pressure, a good ratio has an anti-inflammatory effect, improves the flow properties of the blood, has a positive effect on blood pressure and therefore also on the cardiovascular system. However, the industrialization of food has increased the proportion of omega-6 fatty acids in our daily diet. The result was an increasing imbalance in the intake of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. Instead of the ideal ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 of 3:1, the actual ratio of a European today is on average 12:1. How can you counteract this? With an increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids! With 600 mg omega-3, including 362 mg DHA and 148 mg EPA, in a super tasty jelly, VABO-N OH!MEGA is the perfect buddy for your heart health: it supports your heart function, contributes to normal blood lipid levels and helps maintain normal blood pressure – the perfect lover for your heart, isn’t it? PS: VABO-N OH!MEGA can do even more than heart health 😉

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https://www.minimed.at/medizinische-themen/herz-gefaesse/8-tipps-herzgesundheit/https://www.gesundheit.gv.at/aktuelles/archiv-2012/statistik-todesursachen-2011https://www.arteriosklerose.org/ursachen/https://www.gesundheit.gv.at/leben/gesundheitsvorsorge/vorsorgeuntersuchung/inhalthttps://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/gesundes-leben/koerper-wissen/so-arbeitet-das-herzhttps://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/Arteriosklerose-vorbeugen-und-behandeln,arterienverkalkung100.htmlhttps://www.apotheken-umschau.de/Koronare-Herzkrankheithttps://www.herzstiftung.de/Angina-pectoris.htmlhttp://www.aerztliches-journal.de/medizin/kardiologie/herz-kreislauf-krankheiten/herzinfarkt-emotionaler-stress-unterschaetzt/71b587e1f7f9ef8bb83b5b4b6f0ae36a/https://aok-erleben.de/zivilisationskrankheiten-welche-sind-das-eigentlich/Anmerkung to the product advertising text in accordance with the European Health Claims Regulation: With a daily intake of at least 250 mg EPA and DHA, EPA and DHA contribute to normal heart function. With a daily intake of at least 2 g EPA and DHA (equivalent to 4 jellies), DHA and EPA contribute to the maintenance of normal blood triglyceride levels. With a daily intake of at least 3 g EPA and DHA (equivalent to 6 jellies), DHA and EPA contribute to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.