Today, many kinds of ailments have grown widely, which affect us, humans. With the kind of lifestyle we are engaging in nowadays, it makes us vulnerable to various illnesses. One of them is heart disease, which is one of the leading causes of mortality across the world. Heart disease is caused by various factors. It can be genetic or can be the result of a sedentary lifestyle. Yes, unhealthy habits greatly affect our health. But it’s never too late to kick those bad habits and start doing simple changes.
It has been shown that cutting back your alcohol intake, quitting smoking, and adhering to a healthier diet and regular exercise can reverse heart damage and reduce the risk of heart attack. Yes, this simple lifestyle modification can lead to big and beneficial changes. According to the study conducted in the US, those people who picked up more of the bad habits instead of the healthy ones have great risk of developing heart damage. This study was published in the Journal Circulation.
As what professor Bonnie Spring of Chicago’s Northwestern University stated, “It’s not too late.” “You’re not doomed if you’ve hit young adulthood and acquired some bad habits. You can still make a change and it will have a benefit for your heart.”
The research showed that lifestyle modifications made in your 30s and 40s can have a huge impact. Study volunteers were evaluated at ages 18–30 then 20 years later. The findings concluded with two myths. According to Prof Spring, “[t]he first is that it’s nearly impossible to change patients’ behaviors. Yet, we found that 25 percent of adults made healthy lifestyle changes on their own. The second myth is that the damage has already been done – adulthood is too late for healthy lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of developing coronary artery disease. Clearly, that’s incorrect.”