Why does a heart patient need to be careful while exercising? When you exercise, the stress falls on the heart to pump blood faster. You can feel this by placing your palm on your chest over mid-sternum to notice the rate at which your heart is beating. While exercising, this goes up. For an ordinary person who is fit and healthy, he can afford this rise in heart rate, as the heart will quickly adapt to the increasing demand for blood supply. But when you are suffering from heart disease, this adaptation capacity is impaired, leading to increased chances of a recurrent heart attack . But avoiding exercise altogether is even more dangerous, leading to other comorbid conditions. What is the solution? As with any other problem, this too has a solution. You can start your physical exercise by doing straightforward and easy exercises, and slowly upgrade your workouts. This way you are training your heart to adapt to the varied supply of blood. Here is how you can start: Start with walking Walking is the simplest and easiest form of exercise you can begin with. Start your walking schedule a few weeks after recuperation. You can walk a minimum of fifteen minutes in the first few days at a medium pace.

Time is a dangerous beast with invisible teeth. It slowly eats away all things in life. One of the most visible examples of this is your skin. Due to aging , the collagen and elastin in your body start degenerating, leading to the loss of elasticity. This leads to the sagging and loosening of the facial skin. There are also other factors that contribute to the loosening of the facial skin, such as UV radiation, air pollution, loss of moisturizing effect of the skin glands, weakening of the facial muscles, smoking, alcoholism, using wrong products for skin, taking improper care of the skin and a poor diet. If you are bothered by what you see in the mirror, then read on to learn about some natural home remedies to help you handle loose facial skin- Egg White Egg whites contain skin nourishing agents called hydro lipids, that contribute to lifting the sagging skin. Being a natural astringent, egg whites is the best remedy for aging skin. Here is what you have to do with egg whites: Take few egg whites (two to three) and whisk them. You will get a foamy mixture. Apply this frothy preparation to the face and neck.

Crossing into your late thirties and early forties and having a sedentary lifestyle? Then chances are that you have high blood pressure. But what exactly do we mean by ‘blood pressure’? Crossing into your late thirties and early forties and having a sedentary lifestyle? Then chances are that you have high blood pressure. But what exactly do we mean by ‘blood pressure’? Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the walls of the blood vessels by the blood flowing through them. This pressure is required for the proper circulation of the blood without which the blood cannot flow to all the areas of the body. But when the pressure increases, the blood exerts excess stress on the blood vessel walls. This leads to the release of clotting factors, thereby increasing the chances of forming blood clots that may lead to heart attacks and stroke. The heartening news is that you can easily control it with a few lifestyle changes. Here are ten practical ways to control blood pressure that you can incorporate into your lifestyle: Lose that extra weight: Every person has a normal range of BMI within which they are considered to be healthy. But when the BMI increases, it indicates the rise in risk factors for getting the blood pressure.

Did your recent visit to your doctor make you rethink your eating patterns? Did you find out that you have high cholesterol levels in blood? Looking for ways to bring that down naturally? Then you must read this article. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is the fat content in the body, reflected in the blood cholesterol levels. Your body contains an optimum amount of cholesterol, which is essential for the normal functioning of the body. There are fat-soluble nutrients, which primarily dissolve in cholesterol, for transport and storage. It is important to understand the difference between Good cholesterol and Bad cholesterol. Good cholesterol is high-density lipoprotein protects you against cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, Bad cholesterol is low-density lipoprotein, that is instrumental in the initiation and the progression of high-risk cardiovascular diseases. A favorable scenario will be to have more of high-density lipoprotein (Good cholesterol) and less of low-density lipoprotein (Bad cholesterol). Why should you have low cholesterol? When we talk about ideally having ‘low cholesterol’, we talk about having low levels of bad cholesterol. Low-density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol transports fat from liver and deposits in the heart and other blood vessels, increasing the chances of heart attack , stroke and high blood pressure .

Low back pain is a nagging problem these days. And why wouldn’t it be? Long working hours in front of a screen, seated on a badly positioned chair with very bad posture. Elevators and escalators that rob us of any chance of breaking a sweat, even, ironically enough, if we’re on the way to a gym or fitness center. The increased automation in our lives, and the resultant decline in the volume of movement we allow our bodies, has led to an almost daily increase in the number of people suffering from lower back pain. Are you one among that ever-increasing number of people suffering from back pain? Wondering how to deal with it? Then read on to learn about five exercises that can help. But before you set out to try and fix the problem, it would be best to figure out what the root cause of it is. Is it bad posture, an overly sedentary lifestyle, or something else? Figuring out exactly what’s causing your lower back pain, and taking some preventive action in that regard, should be your first step when it comes to dealing with lower back pain. The exercises you’re about to read about should be your next step.