We’re all familiar with the risks of too much added sugar for your dental health and silhouette, but is sugar bad for your heart too? The natural sugars found in fruit and milk are healthy and don’t pose a problem for your heart. However, “added” sugars affect heart health and the risk increases the more …
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Heart palpitations when exercising, or right before or after exercise, usually occur because the normal electrical rhythm of the heart has been disrupted (by exercise). You may be especially susceptible to exercise-related heart palpitations if you smoke, have high blood pressure, or follow a poor diet. In very rare cases, heart palpitations after exercise could …
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The American Heart Association’s Essential 8™ provides an excellent checklist for improving cardiovascular health and reducing the principal risk factors for cardiovascular disease, heart attack, cardiac arrest, and stroke. Originally developed in 2010 as “Life’s Simple 7,” the American Heart Association’s construct has been updated to “Life’s Essential 8.” The updated construct includes sleep guidelines …
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Many people experience heart palpitations after eating certain foods or a heavy meal, and for some, the co-occurrence of an irregular heartbeat and gastrointestinal problems is even more pronounced. But if your heart pounds, races, does flip flops, or appears to miss beats, how do you know if you have a structural heart disease or …
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You’re lying there, all is quiet, and suddenly you notice a feeling of heart palpitations—it might feel like your heart flutters, does flip flops, pounds, or races. Is this something you should be worried about? Should you call 9-1-1? Usually, heart palpitations at night aren’t anything to worry about, but they can be an indication …
Athletes often have a resting heart rate that’s around half that of a non-athlete, but why does this happen and is it good or bad? For budding athletes and current athletes who are thinking about heart health, understanding which symptoms are—and aren’t—a problem can guide potential lifestyle changes and requests for cardiac testing. Why Athletes …
When you’ve just started a running habit—or perhaps you’re a seasoned runner—feeling your heart hurt can be a scary experience. Fortunately, most causes of chest pain while running are benign, but it’s possible that it could be serious or at least something that needs to be looked at by a doctor. Non-Heart-Related Causes of Chest …
A heart ablation procedure is sometimes used to resolve heart arrhythmias, but if you experience an arrhythmia recurrence, how many times can you have a heart ablation? The area of arrhythmia recurrence and effective techniques to stop them is still the object of study, but research does indicate a number that’s effective for most patients, …
We talk a lot about cardiovascular disease and the heart, but why is heart health important? Once you understand why it’s so important to look after your heart, starting to make dietary and lifestyle changes suddenly makes a whole lot of sense. Why Heart Health Matters Just as the engine of a car keeps the …
Heart disease, especially coronary artery disease, is the leading cause of death in the United States, so it’s worth assessing if—and how—this group of conditions can be reversed. Medical-oriented websites often stress the impossibility of reversing heart disease and focus on halting or slowing its progression. Meanwhile, lifestyle rehabilitation programs claim amazing results. So, which …
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