This World Heart Day. Take care of your heart. - www.SaffolaLife.com
We often complain of how stressful our lives are. We pop in a tablet for headache, cold or flu. we make a fuss about the pain in the shoulder or knee or stomach. But we hardly ever pay attention to the most important of it all. The Heart works 24*7 without any respite. A tiny little beat keeps us going. We need to do our bit to keep it happy. And ITS NOT TOUGH. Simple steps, little changes can make a big difference. Afterall we owe it to our heart.
LOL. Not the chat acronym. REALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD. Lighten up. Laughter is the best medicine. Grab a dvd of your favourite comic movie. Tune into youtube, catch a rerun of your laughter sitcoms. join a laughter club.
You gotta Move it, move it! Walk, jump rope, swim, or dance - whatever you can do, do it! However, make sure you pay equal importance to warm-ups and cool offs!
Get food smart – shun the saltshaker, mix up your greens and beans, get colorful, add a variety of veggies.
Sugar is not so sweet (for the heart!), swap it for honey or jaggery.
Raise a toast. (But just one)
Hit the snooze button – yep! You need at least 8 hrs of that precious sleep!
Go nuts. Almonds, walnuts, and other tree nuts do wonders for the heart
Doctor by the bay, can keep the heartache away – Don’t delay your doc visits. Get your regular checkups done.
Watch a scary movie. Anything that causes your heart to race – thriller flicks, good book – also makes your heart stronger
Indulge Time spent doing things to make yourself feel better, help calm the stress buds – relax, hit the beach, stare into space, go shopping (but not to an extent that the bill gets your BP rising)
Fall in love! :D
You deserve it and your heart will thank you.
LOL. Not the chat acronym. REALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD. Lighten up. Laughter is the best medicine. Grab a dvd of your favourite comic movie. Tune into youtube, catch a rerun of your laughter sitcoms. join a laughter club.
You gotta Move it, move it! Walk, jump rope, swim, or dance - whatever you can do, do it! However, make sure you pay equal importance to warm-ups and cool offs!
Get food smart – shun the saltshaker, mix up your greens and beans, get colorful, add a variety of veggies.
Sugar is not so sweet (for the heart!), swap it for honey or jaggery.
Raise a toast. (But just one)
Hit the snooze button – yep! You need at least 8 hrs of that precious sleep!
Go nuts. Almonds, walnuts, and other tree nuts do wonders for the heart
Doctor by the bay, can keep the heartache away – Don’t delay your doc visits. Get your regular checkups done.
Watch a scary movie. Anything that causes your heart to race – thriller flicks, good book – also makes your heart stronger
Indulge Time spent doing things to make yourself feel better, help calm the stress buds – relax, hit the beach, stare into space, go shopping (but not to an extent that the bill gets your BP rising)
Fall in love! :D
You deserve it and your heart will thank you.
DID YOU KNOW?
The human heart weighs less than a pound.
The average adult heart beats 72 times a minute; 100,000 times a day; 3,600,000 times a year; and 2.5 billion times during a lifetime.
A woman’s heart typically beats faster than a man’s does. The heart of an average man beats approximately 70 times a minute, whereas the average woman has a heart rate of 78 per minute.
Every day, the heart creates enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles. In a lifetime, that is equivalent to driving to the moon and back
Pooja you've nicely summarized what one should do to stay young at heart. Knowing that even the heart has an age will encourage us to make these little but useful activities a part of our daily routine which will make us a heart happy and healthy person.
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ReplyDeleteyeah good summary!
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