Some simple lifestyle changes can lead to a longer and healthier life
According to a Canadian cardiologist, dr. Clyde Yancy, if a person follows seven steps in their daily lives, that person could easily gain up to 50 more years of life after the age of 50.
What are these magical steps that Dr. Yancy is talking about?
- A person should watch out for his/hers cholesterol level. High blood cholesterol leads to a higher risk of developing a heart disease. According to a study, approximately 40% of the American population has high levels of cholesterol.
- A person should keep in control his/her blood pressure. Because there are no symptoms for warning in case of high blood pressure, it is very important to check its level once in a while and keep it under control.
- A person should be as physically active as possible. According to a study, physical inactivity can lead to up to 4 years less in the life expectancy rate of a person.
- Try and eat as healthy as you can. Although today, it is very hard to know which food is healthy and which is not, follow recommendations and stay away from unhealthy meals.
- Be careful about your healthy weight. Obese persons have a much higher risk of developing heart conditions and other type of diseases. Currently, almost 60% of Canadian adults are overweight.
- Don't smoke is another important advice of Dr. Yancy. Thousands of people die annually due to the smoke inhaled from smokers. If a person does not see the damages that smoking causes to their lungs, they should at least care enough about the people around them and stop smoking.
- Be careful about the level of your blood sugar. Today, millions of people live with diabetes because they don't keep the level of sugar under control.
Dr. Yancy has built these advices as an alarm call for the population worldwide. As we all know is easier to prevent a diseases than to cure it. This is the way in which we can prevent heart diseases from occurring. The doctor also links the importance of these advices to the economy that could save up to millions of dollars which otherwise are spent on treating these diseases.
These advices have also been presented recently at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver which took place on the 23rd of October.
