Contemplating the data all around, it has been proven that physical activity can prevent and cure many serious health problems to some extent. There are different exercise trends we are familiar with such as yoga, aerobics, cycling, running, etc to benefit our physical, psychological, and cognitive soundness.
Heart attack, stroke, or heart failure is the term used to apprise heart disease one is going through. But heart failure is not when suddenly the heart has stopped working. It may be because pumping power got affected or excessive thickening of the heart muscles. In such cases, other underlying health problems could be accounted for heart failure.
Each type of exercise serves you with different benefits though they resemble each other. Following are the things we can monitor through exercise, in either way they can reduce the risk of heart diseases.
Lowers Blood Pressure
Physical activity helps you to control your blood pressure. High blood pressure or hypertension slowly but surely increases the pressure of blood flowing through arteries. It may further narrow or choke the arteries and so the blood flow. Whereas, we are well informed that heart pumps blood to the entire body and high blood pressure impair this regular flow.
Obesity or excessive weight gain has become a serious health problem we have investigated around the world due to lifestyle changes. It is not surprising, obese people are more prone to chronic diseases such as heart disease, thyroid, diabetes, etc. Exercise is the most relieving way to lose weight. If in the worst case you are not able to lose your weight but exercise will definitely help you to lower the risk of heart disease.
In our body, there are different muscles and just like them, one is heart muscle. It is equally essential to strengthen this muscle too. Eating the right food is not the only alternative but exercise also comes along.
Assist you to quit smoking
Two harmful elements nicotine and carbon monoxide from smoking make your blood “sticky” and narrow arteries. Eventually, narrow arteries disrupt the blood flow to the entire body including the heart. Resting heart rate could be increased to that dangerous point. somehow, exercise helps to provide oxygen to every muscle of the body. Similarly, exercise assist you to reduce stress and so the cravings for smoking.
Stress could be the origin of different health problems from hypertension to asthma, mouth ulcers, bowel syndrome, etc. It stimulates the desire to fall for drinking alcohol or smoking to manage stress. These killing habits are more of those responsible factors for deaths happening every day.
The weaker body is more susceptible to diseases. Therefore, it is our sense of obligation to keep body fitness to ward off heart diseases.