Primary prevention of this disease to done by reducing fatty foods, stop smoking, and exercise regularly. But that all was not perfect.
American Heart Association spokeswoman, Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, said there were two important things that must be controlled, namely blood pressure and inflammation. "Unfortunately, doctors often do not notice two things that to have a serious impact on the heart," he said as quoted Shape.com.
He also revealed five simple ways to prevent heart disease from an early age by controlling these two aspects,
1. Watch Blood Pressure
- Keep your blood pressure less than 119/79 mmHg. If blood pressure exceeds that figure was immediately reduce the consumption of foods high sodium such as canned food, frozen foods, and fast food.
- Perform high blood pressure diet with emphasis on low sodium diet was like grains, nuts, low-fat milk, chicken, red meat, sugar, vegetables and fruit.
- Doing two things that can reduce the risk of heart disease by 24 percent.
2. Banana Consumption
- Cultural not eat bananas every day. The potassium in bananas will create a balance of fluid in the body. It is useful to make normal blood pressure.
- One banana contains 422 milligrams of potassium. To meet the needs of 4700 milligrams per day of potassium in the body, do a combination of foods such as fish silver potassium (490 milligrams per three ounces), and tomato paste (453 milligrams per half cup).
- Meeting the needs of potassium can reduce the risk of heart disease by 35 percent.
3. Sleep Eight Hours Day
- Sleep a therapy to strengthen and nourish the body. While lack of sleep, the body can not recover damages cells and tissues that occur every day. Sleep also reduces stress levels.
- Studies from the University Harvard express, sleeping less from five hours a night at risk of heart disease 39 percent higher from those who slept eight hours a night.
4. Eating Peanut Butter Bread
- Change the family breakfast with bread, peanut butter. Make sure also contain high fiber bread. This step to be implemented to prevent heart disease since the age of the child.
- content of magnesium in nuts combined with high fiber bread to help reduce the risk of heart disease by 40 percent.
5. Avoid Contraceptive Pills
- pregnancy-preventing hormones contained in oral contraceptives increase the risk of blood clots by two-fold.
- If you already eat, do blood pressure checks at least once a week.
