10 Amazing Facts About Your Heart.
10 Amazing Facts About Your Heart.
Your body’s most important muscle needs your attention.
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Your heart does more work than you might imagine.
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Fast Facts
Depression puts you at higher risk for having a heart attack.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans.
Getting fit can lower your resting heart rate.
Your heart isn’t only your most critical muscle — it’s what keeps you alive, after all — but also one of the hardest working. It ticks 24-7 and except for the times when you’re relaxing or sleeping, it rarely gets a break.
Below, find fascinating facts about your heart that might inspire you to give it a little more TLC every day. (Teaching, Learning & Care).
1. Your adult heart beats about 100,000 times each day. Do the math, and that’s at least one beat every second, or 60 to 100 times a minute, according to the American Heart Association. For people whose heart rate is closer to 60 beats per minute (bpm), that’s about 86,000 times a day. And it’s 144,000 times a day if your heart rate is closer to 100 bpm.
2. Age and fitness level affect your heart rate. Generally, as children grow or adults get fitter, the heart rate gets slower. See how it changes throughout the decades with this chart from the
National Institutes of Health:
• Newborn (0 to 11 months): 70 to 160 bpm
• One to four years: 80 to 120 bpm
• Five to nine years: 75 to 110 bpm
• Children 10 years and up and adults (non-athletes): 60 to 100 bpm
• Adults (athletes): 40 to 60 bpm
3. Heart disease isn’t only the number one killer of men, it’s also the top killer for women. Your heart doesn’t care if you’re from Mars or Venus. “Heart disease is an equal opportunity buzz kill,” says James Beckerman, MD, director of the Center for Prevention and Wellness at the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute in Portland, Oregon, and author of Heart to Start (2015). More women die of heart disease than from most cancers combined, notes Dr. Beckerman.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), more than one in three women is living with heart disease. Every minute in this country, one woman dies from heart disease, stroke, or another form of cardiovascular disease.
4. Want to know how big your heart is? Make a fist. Heart size depends on the size of the person as well as the condition of their heart. Generally speaking, a healthy heart is about the size of the person's fist.
That’s only a healthy heart, though. “Hearts can enlarge in response to certain conditions,” says Kathryn Boling, MD, a family medicine physician with Lutherville Personal Physicians in Lutherville, Maryland. For instance, congestive heart failurecan cause the heart to enlarge, explains the American College of Cardiology.
5. Your heart rate drops while you sleep. At night, it’s common for heart rates to drop below 60 bpm. Some people even have rates in the 40s while sleeping. Why? “It’s because your metabolism slows and the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows your heart and relaxes you, is more active,” Boling says.
6. Heart attack symptoms are different in men and women. Although heart disease is an equal opportunity killer, symptoms of heart attack show up differently in men versus women. Whereas men often report crushing chest pain, sweating and nausea, women might instead experience shortness of breath, dizziness, light headedness or fainting, pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen,and upper back pressure, notes the AHA.
7. Your activity level is the greatest potential risk factor for heart disease.People with low fitness levels have double the risk of heart disease as their more active counterparts, Beckerman says. The AHA recommends logging at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, or a combination of the two, every week.
The good news is, “whether you’re on the treadmill, in the weight room, or in a yoga studio, your heart benefits from every type of activity,” he says. And 80 percent of heart disease is preventable with healthy lifestyle choices and management of risk factors, he adds. Other ways to lower heart disease risk include quitting smoking, controlling cholesterol, eating better, managing blood pressure, losing weight, and reducing blood sugar, according to the AHA.
8. Depression increases your risk for a heart attack, especially if you’re a woman. If you’re a woman under 55 with moderate or severe depression, listen up. This group of women are more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, die of heart disease, or require an artery-opening procedure, Boling says.
9. Excessive amounts of sitting have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease. You may have heard that sitting is the new smoking. Numerous studies show that spending most of the day on your duff has been linked to chronic health conditions, including heart disease.
“When we’re more active, even with smaller movements like when we stand or shift from side to side, our muscles turn on genes that create chemicals and proteins that not only help us process blood sugar and cholesterol more efficiently but also create a healthier atmosphere in the walls of our blood vessels,” Beckerman says. That then leads to a lower heart disease risk, which is why you should stand up and move around at least every hour for a few minutes.
10. Your heart is one giant pump. Every minute, your heart pumps about five quarts of blood through a system of blood vessels that's over 60,000 miles long,according to the Cleveland Clinic. That translates to about 2,000 gallons of blood every day. more
Your body’s most important muscle needs your attention.
Think stock
Your heart does more work than you might imagine.
Don't Miss This
.
Fast Facts
Depression puts you at higher risk for having a heart attack.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans.
Getting fit can lower your resting heart rate.
Your heart isn’t only your most critical muscle — it’s what keeps you alive, after all — but also one of the hardest working. It ticks 24-7 and except for the times when you’re relaxing or sleeping, it rarely gets a break.
Below, find fascinating facts about your heart that might inspire you to give it a little more TLC every day. (Teaching, Learning & Care).
1. Your adult heart beats about 100,000 times each day. Do the math, and that’s at least one beat every second, or 60 to 100 times a minute, according to the American Heart Association. For people whose heart rate is closer to 60 beats per minute (bpm), that’s about 86,000 times a day. And it’s 144,000 times a day if your heart rate is closer to 100 bpm.
2. Age and fitness level affect your heart rate. Generally, as children grow or adults get fitter, the heart rate gets slower. See how it changes throughout the decades with this chart from the
National Institutes of Health:
• Newborn (0 to 11 months): 70 to 160 bpm
• One to four years: 80 to 120 bpm
• Five to nine years: 75 to 110 bpm
• Children 10 years and up and adults (non-athletes): 60 to 100 bpm
• Adults (athletes): 40 to 60 bpm
3. Heart disease isn’t only the number one killer of men, it’s also the top killer for women. Your heart doesn’t care if you’re from Mars or Venus. “Heart disease is an equal opportunity buzz kill,” says James Beckerman, MD, director of the Center for Prevention and Wellness at the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute in Portland, Oregon, and author of Heart to Start (2015). More women die of heart disease than from most cancers combined, notes Dr. Beckerman.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), more than one in three women is living with heart disease. Every minute in this country, one woman dies from heart disease, stroke, or another form of cardiovascular disease.
4. Want to know how big your heart is? Make a fist. Heart size depends on the size of the person as well as the condition of their heart. Generally speaking, a healthy heart is about the size of the person's fist.
That’s only a healthy heart, though. “Hearts can enlarge in response to certain conditions,” says Kathryn Boling, MD, a family medicine physician with Lutherville Personal Physicians in Lutherville, Maryland. For instance, congestive heart failurecan cause the heart to enlarge, explains the American College of Cardiology.
5. Your heart rate drops while you sleep. At night, it’s common for heart rates to drop below 60 bpm. Some people even have rates in the 40s while sleeping. Why? “It’s because your metabolism slows and the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows your heart and relaxes you, is more active,” Boling says.
6. Heart attack symptoms are different in men and women. Although heart disease is an equal opportunity killer, symptoms of heart attack show up differently in men versus women. Whereas men often report crushing chest pain, sweating and nausea, women might instead experience shortness of breath, dizziness, light headedness or fainting, pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen,and upper back pressure, notes the AHA.
7. Your activity level is the greatest potential risk factor for heart disease.People with low fitness levels have double the risk of heart disease as their more active counterparts, Beckerman says. The AHA recommends logging at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, or a combination of the two, every week.
The good news is, “whether you’re on the treadmill, in the weight room, or in a yoga studio, your heart benefits from every type of activity,” he says. And 80 percent of heart disease is preventable with healthy lifestyle choices and management of risk factors, he adds. Other ways to lower heart disease risk include quitting smoking, controlling cholesterol, eating better, managing blood pressure, losing weight, and reducing blood sugar, according to the AHA.
8. Depression increases your risk for a heart attack, especially if you’re a woman. If you’re a woman under 55 with moderate or severe depression, listen up. This group of women are more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, die of heart disease, or require an artery-opening procedure, Boling says.
9. Excessive amounts of sitting have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease. You may have heard that sitting is the new smoking. Numerous studies show that spending most of the day on your duff has been linked to chronic health conditions, including heart disease.
“When we’re more active, even with smaller movements like when we stand or shift from side to side, our muscles turn on genes that create chemicals and proteins that not only help us process blood sugar and cholesterol more efficiently but also create a healthier atmosphere in the walls of our blood vessels,” Beckerman says. That then leads to a lower heart disease risk, which is why you should stand up and move around at least every hour for a few minutes.
10. Your heart is one giant pump. Every minute, your heart pumps about five quarts of blood through a system of blood vessels that's over 60,000 miles long,according to the Cleveland Clinic. That translates to about 2,000 gallons of blood every day. more
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DEAR VIJAY KUMAR SETH JI, YOG AND PRANAYAM HAS SOLUTIONS FOR ALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PROBLEMS, IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS. BELLY FAT IS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. BUT AS IT HAS TAKEN TIME TO ACCUMULATE, IT WILL TAKE TIME AND CONSTANT EFFORTS TO GO. PRANAYAM ESPECIALLY KAPAL BHATTI, BAHHAYA, AGNISAR GIVE VERY GOOD EXERCISE TO THE ABDOMINAL REGION. THEY WILL HELP REMOVE THE BELLY FAT AS WELL AS GIVE GOOD FITNESS TO LIVER, PANCREAS, KIDNEYS, PROSTRATE, SPLEEN, INTESTINES ETC. OTHERWISE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GIVE EXERCISE TO THESE VITAL ORGANS. THESE PRANAYAMS CAN VERY EASILY BE DONE BY PERSONS OF ALL AGES. IN ADDITION SIMPLE EXERCISES LIKE MANDUK ASAN, MARKAT ASAN AND CHAKKI (GRINDING POSTURES) ASAN WORK WONDERFULLY WELL ON THE BELLY FAT REMOVAL. ALL THESE TECHNIQUES CAN BE LEARNED BY WATCHING SWAMI RAMDEV ON AASTHA TV MORNING AND EVENING. TRAINED PERSONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT PATANJALI AROGYA CENTERS ALL OVER INDIA TO GIVE GUIDANCE ON THESE AND MORE EXERCISES NEEDED BY A PERSON DEPENDING ON HIS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND DISEASES. IN ADDITION IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO KEEP CHECK ON THE LIFE STYLE AND DIET INTAKE. JUNK FOOD AND COLA DRINKS HAVE TO BE DISCARDED, IN THE INTREST OF SMART HEALTHY LOOKS AND LIFE. WITH ALL THIS I HAVE LOST LOT OF BELLY FAT. IN JAPAN NOBODY HAS BELLY, BECAUSE EXERCISE IS PART OF THEIR LIFE STYLE. JAPANESE USED TO JOKE THAT BELLY IS TRADE MARK OF INDIANS. SO LET US PLEDGE TO GET RID OF THE TRADE MARK. more
Jun 25
We learn that the role of belly fat, consequently the waist line is crucial as a risk factor. One of the factors in elderly above may be 70 years of age is the problem of belly fat. And with age aerobic exercises or gym is a distant possiblity, walking of course yes but not brisk as the age advances after 70 years. Your considered opinion would be illuminating more
Jun 23
Mr. S.P.Jain's elaborated doubts are much of the common patients of heart and any good suggestions on it will defenetly benefit many. more
Jun 23
Dear Dr.Raja Chandra Glad to note that you hv. seen my compilation of information. May I hv yr. learned comments on the contents . I am myself at a loss as I found conflicting information on the basic data , which is quite confusing . May I hv yr. expert learned views about flg pl. 1-Whether we should continue with ZERO Oil Cooked food , No Butter /Ghee / Veg. Oil /Milk & its products or should consume in moderation .As my total Cholesterol has already come down to 77 with HDL/LDL around 22 & triglycerides at 60 should start consuming some Mustard or Til Oil & pure Ghee pl.? 2- Does Cholesterol cause plaques or it is only calcium which causes blockages 3-Are the blockages dissolved by Chelation with EDTA or not soluble at all & continue as such . Does Garlic /Ginger /Lemon Apple Cider Juice Concoction dissolve the plaque 4- How best to judge present status of blockages Angiography after the EDTA treatment other than Catheter & without any radiation in Coronary Scanning pl. 5 Does Hs RCP a good parameter to know the condition 6-DO EECP improve LVEF too & how to judge the benefits of EECP sittings to see that the blood supply to heart muscles deprived by blockages is made up by collateral .Should I go for TMT /ECHO or any other test pl With regards S.P.JAIN On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:17 AM, Raja Chandra wrote: > more
Jun 23
Sir, With your permission can I add heart for love, passion, hobbies, interests, relationships and sometimes control over mind. more
Jun 23
