When it's too late 20 minutes, suddenly you're stuck in a long traffic jam. You can feel the heart beat faster, muscles tighten, and breath gasping. This is what happens when you feel under pressure or stress. Although stress is a normal part of life, long-term stress can bring adverse effects on the health of the body if not managed properly.
Stressful working conditions, a bad marriage, so that disputes with relatives can affect heart health and interfere with appetite, sleep patterns, and mood. In addition it may cause psychological and emotional disorders, stress turns into a long-term (chronic) that are not properly managed can disrupt the possibility of heart health and the inherent risk of high blood pressure.
When stressed, the body secretes cortisol and adrenaline to prepare your body to respond. Long-term exposure to stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol) is estimated to increase the risk of heart problems. In addition, several studies have revealed an association of heart attack risk by changes in blood clotting caused by stress.
Stress is also associated with a reduction in the quality of the protective lining of blood vessels (endothelium), according to a renowned cardiologist. It is thought to trigger inflammation which then leads to the buildup of cholesterol and fat in the coronary arteries.
Avoid Stress
How to avoid or prevent stress is actually easy. What can be done, we see here:
Positive thinking can make the heart more calm and more regular heartbeat.
Expand laugh. Laughter may help protect the heart from disease. B can reduce inflammation of the arteries, stress hormone levels and increase good cholesterol.
Meditating. Meditation does not need room and special time. You can sit in a quiet place, such as on the front porch, then took a deep breath and let it out a few times for some time.
Reduce exposure to media TV, phone, internet at night or certain times.
It's okay to say "no" if you did reluctantly agreed to do something. The more often you feel compelled to do something, you will more often feel stressed.
Thanks to the sincere things you can not change or control.
Get together with people you love and love you to share stories and help struggling.
Every day, take time to relax at a time by doing things you enjoy, such as listening to music, reading, praying, or chatting with friends.
- Regular exercise can get rid of stress and make you more resilient to handle the problem. Sports with a group of friends making a healthy heart and emotions become more awake.
If you feel you can not handle the stress alone, you should consult a psychologist, therapist, or consultant.
Not only is the stress itself that harm the heart. But the negative ways to deal with stress can also exacerbate the effects on cardiovascular health because it makes people tend to make unhealthy activities such as smoking, lazy to exercise, or overeating. Fatty foods and high cholesterol are often consumed during stress also triggers the risk of causing damage to the arteries of stroke and heart attack.
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So, in addition to managing various psychological factors above, maintaining heart health is also important in other ways. Steps that can be taken include quitting smoking, see a doctor if you feel chest pain regularly if in your family had ever experienced heart disease, as well as eat more foods rich in vegetables, fruit, and nut beans.
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