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My Essential Guide To Heart Health
Without a healthy heart, we cannot prevent disease. In my wellness practice, I encounter women who do not know how to care for their hearts to prevent disease. In this article, I share my Essential Guide To Heart Health. Here, I share a few simple facts that will inform you about your most precious organ.
The heart is an important part of the circulatory system, and it’s responsible for pumping blood and oxygen throughout the entire body.
Take a moment to get in tune with your heart by placing two fingers against your neck just below your jawline. You can also try placing two fingers on your wrist, just below the base of the thumb. That bump bump feeling is your heart in action. It’s working hard to keep you alive and supply blood and oxygen to all the necessary areas in the body.
You can tell a lot from a heartbeat, including:
- The beating of a human heart can indicate if a person is healthy or not.
- It can also tell if you’ve recently exercised, experienced something alarming, or spotted a romantic interest across the room.
- The heart can even be used to detect lies, because the heart begins to beat faster when a person feels stressed or uncomfortable.
The heart is an incredible organ that works hard every day. The adult heart beats between 86,000 and 144,000 times each day.** Children tend to have a faster pulse than adults which means their hearts tend to beat between 100,000 and 158,000 times a day?—?amazing!
A healthy heart is exceedingly beneficial to the human body, but an unhealthy heart can cause numerous health issues. In fact, in most western countries, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Some people are born with heart conditions, while others develop them over time. For some, heart issues are an unavoidable reality. For many others, the risk of heart disease can be significantly lowered with a healthy lifestyle.
A Closer Look at the Human Heart
The human heart serves an essential function in the body, but what is it and how does it work? What is unique about the heart and why is it so important to maintain a healthy heart? This section will give you a better understanding of the marvel that is the human heart.
What is the Heart?
The human heart is a muscular organ in the circulatory system that supplies oxygen and nutrients (in the blood) to tissues in the body. It is also responsible for removing carbon dioxides and other waste as it circulates in and out of the heart.
The heart rests at the centre of the body, slightly left of the centre. The adult human heart weighs between 8 and 12 ounces. Men’s hearts tend to weigh a bit more than women’s.
Parts of the Heart
The human heart has four chambers:
- Right ventricle
- Left ventricle
- Right atrium
- Left atrium
The bottom chambers: The right and left ventricles are responsible for pumping blood out of the heart. The right ventricle receives blood from the right atrium and then sends it to the lungs, which can be filled with oxygen. The left ventricle, the strongest chamber in the heart, pumps the oxygen-rich blood back into the body.
The top chambers: The right and left atrium are responsible for receiving blood entering the heart. The right atrium receives blood from the veins and then sends it on to the right ventricle. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and passes it on to the left ventricle.
What is Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure refers to the force used to pump blood and oxygen throughout the body. The heart creates this force.
When a doctor or nurse measures blood pressure, they’re checking to see how much force is used to circulate the blood through the body. Naturally, if your heart is beating faster your blood pressure may also rise, but there are other factors that lead to high blood pressure like smoking, stress, or lack of physical activity.
An unusually high or low blood pressure may indicate a problem in the circulatory system.
Fun Facts About the Heart
- The average heart is the size of an adult fist.
- The heart pumps around 2,000 gallons of blood each day.
- The heart can continue to beat even when it’s disconnected from the body.
- There are around 60,000 miles worth of blood vessels in the body.
- Women have slightly faster heart rates than men on average.
- Every cell in the human body gets blood from the heart except the cornea.
- Heart cancer is extremely rare?—?heart cells stop dividing early in life.
- New borns have the fastest heart rate, and it can be as high as 300 beats per minute.
- Despite popular opinion, your heart doesn’t stop beating when you sneeze.
Common Heart Conditions
There are many types of heart disease and heart conditions, but here we will be discussing some of the most common ones.
Here’s a quick look at common heart conditions:
- Coronary heart disease
- Angina
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Arrhythmia
- Valve disease
- High blood pressure
- Congenital heart defects
- Inherited heart conditions
- Sudden cardiac arrest
- High cholesterol
- Heart murmur
How to Care For Your Heart
Some of the things mentioned in the section above are products of genetics or circumstances, meaning there are outside controlling factors that couldn’t have been prevented. For many other heart conditions, lifestyle plays a large part in keeping the heart healthy.
Though lifestyle changes can’t 100% protect you from developing a heart condition, experts believe that they can significantly reduce the risk.
Here are some of the significant ways that doctors, scientists, and heart specialists recommend keeping the heart healthy- follow these important steps:
- Start a heart-healthy diet.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Lower your cholesterol.
- Maintain blood pressure within a healthy range.
- Get more exercise.
- Avoid using tobacco.
- Limit alcohol consumption.
- Lower stress.
- Use preventative care and take prescribed medicine.
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Quick Tips For Better Meal Planning
No more confusion over what to Cook!
Better Meal planning can be an excellent way to upgrade your relationship with food. There are several benefits to figuring out (and prepping) what you’ll be eating in advance.
Meal planning can minimize the amount you spend on food shopping. Better Meal planning is also about Buying a bulk ingredient (like chicken) and using it in several meals.
You can also give yourself a clear list of ingredients to follow when you go to the grocery store. This means you’re less likely to go “off-budget” than if you were browsing the aisles.
Plus, meal planning can help you stick to your diet. If you’re trying to cut down on fast food, having your meals already prepared is a great way to get started.
So, where exactly do you get started with meal planning?
Start With Your Go-To Meals
Successful meal planning doesn’t mean you must spend hours scouring a cookbook every night to develop new, affordable recipes. While it helps to look for new ideas occasionally, you can start with some of your favourites.
Pick meals you’ll be happy to eat at any time that are relatively easy to make. It’s also worth focusing on food that doesn’t cost a fortune.
Starting with the meals you already feel comfortable with means you don’t have to learn how to cook something new from scratch.
Find a Designated Place for Recipes
You may stumble across the occasional recipe you want to try. Find a designated place to store those recipes for later reference.
For instance, you might have a folder in your kitchen to turn to when you’re running out of ideas. You may want to use a Pinterest board to visually browse your options at a glance and see what makes your stomach rumble.
Use Building Blocks
At the beginning of each week, choose a couple of different types of protein, one or two grains, and a vegetable collection. You can prepare all of these foods in advance, then look for ways to incorporate them into different meals as you go.
For instance, if you start with bacon and sweetcorn, you can have a pizza on Monday, wraps on Tuesday, a pasta dish on Wednesday and so on.
This is a fantastic way to reduce your meal prep time. It can also save you some serious cash, as you can buy a selection of items in bulk rather than paying for a wide range of individual ingredients.
Leverage Frozen Ingredients
Frozen ingredients are your friend because they can be easily divided into different meals according to your needs. For example, you can divide a bag of frozen vegetables between several meals throughout the week and get them prepped in no time.
Not only do frozen products save you time, but they can also save you cash. It’s usually more affordable to buy frozen food than to go fresh every time. You don’t need to stick to frozen for every meal, but you might find it makes meal prepping easier.
Get Input From The Household
When organising meals for the whole family, it’s easy to get hyper-focused and forget about simple things, like asking your loved ones what they want.
Talking to your roommates and family about what they might like to eat will inspire you if you run out of ideas.
You’ll also get the extra benefit of knowing the meals you cook are ones your loved ones will look forward to eating. This can make life much easier if you’re a parent and plan meals for kids.
Schedule a Lazy Day
Meal prepping and planning are great ways to control your budget and time. However, it’s not always easy to follow a schedule. There will be times when you feel your planned meal for the evening just isn’t the right choice, given the circumstances.
With that in mind, give yourself the freedom to skip that day and cook whatever you like.
Plan a lazy night every week when you can make whatever you want without worrying about using pre-prepped ingredients and recipes. If you make your pre-prepped meals freezer-friendly, you can always eat them another day without waste.
Remember, better meal planning can be an excellent way to upgrade your relationship with food.
Keep a weekly-to-week routine when planning your meals to reduce confusion about what to eat. Planning spells success!
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Make Decisions Poorly.
Poor decisions are the equal of starting a journey in the wrong direction. You might get there, but it will be a longer journey. You Make Decisions Poorly. This article may be of help.
Make wise decisions and point your life in a positive direction:
Making decisions poorly is only sometimes a path to failure. Those who have never failed- have never made anything.
Consider how a few poor decisions can create significant challenges in your life. And decide and learn to do better.
Trust your gut.
I have fallen on this one. I have failed time and time again to trust my gut, and I have been in very sticky situations all because I failed to trust my heart.
When making big decisions, it’s often best to trust your heart. Be logical with the little choices, but go with your gut when making the big decisions.
Flip a coin.
No, you’re not going to leave a big decision to chance.
Flip a coin and then check your emotions.
Before you look at the coin, you’ll notice that part of you hopes for a particular result. That’s your answer!
Consider your ideal life.
If you don’t have a vision for your life, create one now. I have many blogs on my website to help you to find a mission and vision for yourself- here
Consider where you want to be.
Once you know where you’re going, it’s much easier to choose a path. Align your decisions with that aim.
Do a benefit/cost analysis.
List the pros and cons and make an intelligent decision based on the facts. Think about the short-term and long-term implications. When I made an effort to do this, This has worked for me to make the right decision.
Those who struggle sacrifice the future for a short-term benefit.
List the pros and cons and make an intelligent decision based on the facts. Think about the short-term and long-term implications.
If all else fails
let a wise friend choose for you. Most of us have that friend who lives a charmed life. If you trust them, ask for advice and follow it.
However, don’t try to avoid taking responsibility for your life. But a wise friend can be of great help if you are stuck.
Do you make poor decisions? Most of the challenges you’ve faced started with a poor decision.
I have made MANY poor decisions! But we should never give up, should we?
Be kind to yourself. Respect your decisions. Avoid procrastinating, but make wise decisions. Slowly, your success in life will grow. Remember- Making decisions poorly is only sometimes a path to failure. Those who have never failed- have never made anything.
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How a Mediocre Decision Can Still Lead to Positive Outcomes
You might think that success is challenging and failing is easy. On the contrary, it’s pretty tricky to be unsuccessful consistently. It requires several habits that aren’t easy to create and maintain. So, how does a Moderate Decision Still Lead to Positive Outcomes? How a Mediocre Decision Can Still Lead to Positive Outcomes. Can a mediocre decision be pursued and give good results?
Belief System, Mindset.
Chronic unproductivity also requires an inaccurate belief system. The problem is poor attitudes—in other words, mindset. It takes many years of honing a system that guarantees failure. It’s a skill.
It’s not easy to make short decisions like clockwork. Those who fail are true experts who have mastered their craft.
The good news is that it’s as easy to be successful!
Success requires the same commitment to consistency. It’s only necessary to be consistent with a different set of actions. If ineffectiveness comes to you, you likely have what it takes to be a great success, too.
Are the oversights making you ineffective in life?
If so, you’ll be glad to see easy strategies you can use to reverse these habits!
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – – Albert Schweitzer —
Fail to Make Decisions
If you’re committed to ending up nowhere, never make a decision. In fact, failing to make a decision is the same as choosing chaos and failure. Life is messy. Not making decisions invites chaos into your life.
To combat the disorder or entropy, one must make decisions and work productively toward them.
A mediocre decision can be pursued and yield good results. Still, you want to aim high and learn to make good ones.
Try these Strategies to Make Decisions.
1. Set a deadline.
Give yourself enough time to decide, and then force yourself to make a choice. The deadline might be one minute or a month, but set a reasonable deadline to gather the necessary information and make a choice.
2. Know your values.
What’s most important to you? Do any of your options resonate more with your values than the others?
3. Know your goals.
Make your decisions in line with your goals, and you’ll rarely make a poor choice.
Do you struggle with making decisions? Progress comes to a halt until a decision is made. Make your decisions well.
Remember: A mediocre decision pursued can also give good results.
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Better Mental and Physical Health Strategies.
The pursuit of better mental and physical health involves adopting habits, practices, and mindsets that support holistic wellness.
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Elevate Your Mind: Elevate Your Life.
How to Elevate Your Mindset, to Elevate Your Life!
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3 TIPS for Self-Compassion
I will discuss how mindfulness living helps with being compassionate toward oneself…
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The Mature Woman and Toxic Wellness
Be aware of harmful faddish trends……
