Preventing A Second Heart Attack

By Ludwig Wylde


Your doctor may want to give you a stress test, an exam that tracks your heart while you walk on a treadmill or ride a stationary bicycle. Many individuals will be advised to participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program after their first heart attack. This software tracks your heart during exercise training to ensure it is safe to workout.

So what can I really do to prevent another heart-attack? Quit smoking. Seriously, smoking is one of the leading causes of heart disease. Obtain a nicotine patch, try hypnosis, do whatever it takes. Possibly the realization that each and every cigarette you smoke puts you that much closer to heart-attack No. 2 will help you to finally kick the habit.

Obtain some exercise. Start off slowly, simply try walking for 10 15 minutes per day when you're fairly sedentary up to now. Ask your physician's guidance if you intend to step-up the pace and start running, biking, working out in a gymnasium, or whatever could be strenouos. Although you want all the health benefits that exercise provides, you may not wish to choose any task which may put a strain on your own weakened heart.

Without a week passes that some new fruit or vegetable is being touted as a new superfood that will cure all ills, the fact remains that fruits and vegetables have their own unique benefits, so you must strive to eat as extensive a variety as possible.

Don't forget the old ryhme, "beans, beans, they're good for the heart..." (fine, do not remember the whole rhyme, if you don't need a good snicker such as the one you had when you first noticed it in third grade). The thing is, beans and legumes really are good for the heart, because they supply needed folic acid in addition to really being a superb origin of the soluble fiber that helps to bind up cholesterol. Therefore do "eat your beans at each meal".

Add a few portions of oily fish such as trout, salmon or herring to your diet each week. These types of fish are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which are famous for encouraging cardiac wellness.

Cut out (or at least cut down on) saturated and trans fats, each of which can lower your good (HDL) cholesterol levels and increase your bad LDL ones.

In the event your physician suggests that you do so take a daily dose of aspirin. Everyday use of aspirin has shown in numerous clinical trials to be very successful in preventing recurrence of heart attacks.


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