1. Monday is heart attack black day: About 20 percent more heart attacks occur on this day, probably because people are stressed and depressed about going back to work.
2. The risk of a heart attack in the morning is 40 percent higher, experts from Harvard have confirmed. When we wake up, our body secretes adrenaline and other stress hormones, increasing pressure and need for oxygen. The blood is also thicker and the heart has a harder time pumping it because we are partially dehydrated. All this works on the heart. How to protect yourself? When you wake up in the morning, leave some time to slowly wake up in bed even after the sound of the alarm. If you exercise in the morning, stretch thoroughly so as not to put additional stress on your heart.
3. Looking for a recipe for a strong and healthy heart? Follow a Mediterranean diet and exercise regularly, Canadian experts advise. Subjects who exercised regularly according to the requested program and ate "Mediterranean style" reduced their waist circumference by eight centimeters, lowered their systolic blood pressure by six mm of mercury, and improved their exercise form by 15 percent in the first nine months of the study.
4. Aristotle believed that the heart is the source of intelligence, and the main purpose of the brain is to cool our blood. The ancient Egyptians believed that the heart could only move within the body.
5. It is not in vain that women's hearts are different from men's. Namely, women's hearts beat about ten percent faster than men's hearts, i.e. 78 times per minute, compared to 70 "male" beats.
6. Maybe a strange guideline from a cardiologist, but laughter really is the best medicine. Just 15 minutes of laughing can have the same effect on blood vessel health as half an hour of aerobic exercise.
7. Get a good night's sleep because the lack of quality sleep raises the pressure, makes us nervous, increases stress, appetite, slows down the metabolism and has a bad effect on our mood. Before going to bed, ventilate the room well, even in winter, and be sure to remove all distractions - books, newspapers, television and mobile phones. The bedroom is for - sleeping!
8. People who want to have a healthy heart and make sure they blow out more candles on their birthday cake can turn to dogs. Namely, man's best friend can help reduce the risk of developing heart disease, and at the same time has a positive effect on lowering the level of obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol.
9. Forget CPR if you see someone experiencing cardiac arrest or a heart attack. The best solution is continuous heart massage, according to experts. "If you try to achieve a massage of one hundred compressions per minute, even if you didn't do it perfectly, you have the best chance of achieving the most blood flow," explained Dr. Karl Kern, a researcher at the Sarver Heart Center in Taskon and one of the pioneers of this method. With this technique, you do not check the person's pulse, clear their airways, and perform mouth-to-mouth breathing.
10. The average heart beats 72 times a minute, 100.000 times a day, 3.600.000 times a year and about 2,5 billion times during a lifetime. Watch out for him!
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