Diet Recommendations for Maintaining Heart Health

Heart and blood vessel disease is still the main cause of death in Indonesia, even in the world. People often do not realize the risk of heart disease until suddenly experiencing problems related to this vital organ. Risk factors for heart disease include an unhealthy lifestyle, including not maintaining a healthy diet. Therefore, we can prevent the risk of heart disease, among others, through a heart diet.

Who Needs a Heart Diet?

The heart diet is especially needed by people who have heart and blood vessel disease, aka cardiovascular so that their condition does not get worse. The exact cause of cardiovascular disease is not clear. There are many risk factors that can make people experience it.

The greater a person's risk factors, the greater the chance of developing heart disease. People who have this risk also need a heart diet. By running a heart diet, the person can further reduce the potential for heart disease. Therefore, the first thing that needs to be done is to examine these risk factors in everyone in the heart hospital. In addition to an unhealthy lifestyle, these factors include:

1. Have high blood pressure U

2. sed to smoke 

3. Often under stress 

4. High cholesterol 

5. levels Have diabetes 

6. Lack of physical activity 

7. Overweight 

8. There is a family member who has a history of heart disease

Age can also be a risk factor for heart disease. As you get older, the condition of your blood vessels and heart decreases, making you more susceptible to problems.

Types of Diet for Heart Health

The type of diet that is best for heart health is one that contains lots of vegetables and fruit, whole grains, nuts, fish, and poultry products. Also, don't overeat red or processed meats, refined carbohydrates, and other foods or drinks with added sugar, sodium, salt, and saturated fat. Based on research, people who consistently follow this diet are known to have a 31 percent lower risk of heart disease, 33 percent lower risk of diabetes, and 20 percent lower risk of stroke. Studies on a Mediterranean diet have also found a lower risk of disease. Therefore, the Mediterranean menu is often added with pure olive oil or nuts which are rich in unsaturated fats.

Referensi:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597475/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/disease-prevention/cardiovascular-disease/preventing-cvd/

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012865

https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/public_health_nut5.pdf

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