Exercise is safe for individuals with CHF and can be completed successfully with out increasing your chances of complications. Regular exercise improves fitness and quality of life, decreases mortality and lowers rate of hospitalizations. This is accomplished by decreasing breathlessness and fatigue, improving ventricular systolic function and functional capacity, increasing...
The Art Of Living
In small amounts stress is good for us. Stress can motivate us and push us to reach our potential. Stress is very individual and what you find stressful may not be stressful for someone else. Because stress is so individual we each need to find our own way to cope....
Physical Activity: Most Important part in our life!
People who are physically ACTIVE live longer, healthier lives. In fact, people who are not active are more likely to be at risk for heart disease or stroke. Active people are more productive, and less likely to have illness and injury. Being active helps you maintain a healthy weight, control...
How can you reduce your SATURATED FAT intake?
Fat is important for our overall health. Some fats are important to keep our heart healthy while others should be limited. What do red meat, ice cream and butter have in common? They all have saturated fat. You may have heard about saturated fat and its link to blood cholesterol...
How does Saturated Fat affect CHOLESTEROL?
The screening test that is usually performed is a blood test called a lipid profile. The lipoprotein profile includes:Total cholesterol – a measure of the total amount of cholesterol in your blood, including low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.LDL (Bad Cholesterol) – can build up on the...
Why Is Breakfast The Most Important Meal Of The Day?
During a busy morning, it’s easy to let breakfast fall low in your list of priorities, but taking just a few minutes to have something to eat can really make a difference to your day. If you don’t have time to eat before leaving the house, we have lots of...
Heart Disease and Stress: Work,Life And Balance
Although stress can sometimes be a good thing, too much stress can actually harm your health and increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. Many life events such as beginning or leaving school, moving, changing jobs, and experiencing losses can cause stress. however, day to day chronic stress can...
Physical Activity Is Great For Your Health!
Being physically active is great for your health. From relieving stress to improving fitness, having an active lifestyle provides lots of benefits, including reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke. Regular activity helps prevent and control high blood pressure, high cholesterol,type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, certain types of cancer, and...
Are you at Risk ?
There are many RISK FACTORS associated with heart attacks and strokes. Of these risk factors, there are some that you can control and some you cannot. Risk factors you cannot control include gender (male), age, family history of heart disease, and ethnicity (for example, South Asians).The South Asian (people from...
The First Step is always the Hardest
The other day, I walked into the gym, ready to workout and witnessed a disturbing situation. A young, overweight women, wearing a traditional hijab, gold bangles, and comfortable clothes (not “gym” clothes), walked in. She looked nervous and scared. It was obvious she was at the gym for the first...