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The 3 Highs That Are Secretly Causing Harm To Your Heart

The time to fight back is now.
20 Oct 2017, 08:00 AM
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In the last decade, humanity has had to battle numerous deadly outbreaks such as Zika, avian influenza, and Ebola. Yet, despite catastrophic loss of life to these diseases, death due to heart disease remains one of the top causes of death globally. This is especially true for Malaysians, according to findings by the Statistics Department.

When it comes to heart health, every effort put into maintaining a healthy lifestyle and diet will inevitably contribute towards reducing the risk of getting heart disease. But, in order to truly ensure your ticker continues ticking, greater emphasis must be put into bringing down the 3 highs that affect heart health…

High cholesterol

the 3 highs that are secretly causing harm to your heart

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You can’t talk about heart health without talking about high cholesterol because it’s the culprit that likes to make itself at home in your blood vessels. In return, it builds up and clogs them, giving you a heart attack or stroke for your hospitality. Talk about ungrateful.

The goal here is not to completely cut out cholesterol from your diet, because that’s literally impossible – you’ll have better luck finding a unicorn to ride through a field of flowers. Instead, you want to minimise your intake of oily food and fatty meats – basically the kind of food that makes you happy. Nobody said it was going to be easy.

High blood sugar

the 3 highs that are secretly causing harm to your heart

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What? You thought you can get away with just keeping your cholesterol in check? Keeping your heart healthy also means keeping sugar levels within the healthy range. Blood sugar levels that remain high for a long period could increase the risk of getting heart disease.

Think about drowning your sorrow from having to abstain from high cholesterol food with desserts? Best abandon that plan. While you’re doing that, you may also want to reduce the consumption of food and drinks such as soft drinks, kuih-muih, or sugar sweetened beverages.

High blood pressure

the 3 highs that are secretly causing harm to your heart

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Perhaps the hardest to keep in check of the 3 highs. Everything from stress to a poor diet to lack of physical activity can increase the chances for one to suffer from high blood pressure, which in turn damages your blood vessels and makes your heart work harder to pump blood to every part of your body.

In addition to watching your cholesterol and blood sugar levels, remember to exercise regularly – even something as simple as taking a 5-minute walk for every hour you are seated helps. Equally as important is to keep stress levels low by engaging in stress-relieving activities such as yoga, cycling, and riding a unicorn.

With the right amount of discipline and willpower, keeping the 3 highs in check is not impossible, but for the extra assurance to support your healthy heart, try the new Anlene HEART-PLUS™ with MoveMax™ and HeartMax™ as part of your balanced diet.

the 3 highs that are secretly causing harm to your heart

the 3 highs that are secretly causing harm to your heart

Just 2 glasses a day of Anlene HEART-PLUS™ provides your body with similar amounts of plant sterols found in 33 oranges or 61 apples that helps reduce cholesterol. Anlene HEART-PLUS™ also contains calcium, vitamin D, magnesium that help maintain strong bones, protein to help build and repair muscle tissue, and collagen to help support smooth and flexible movement.

So, “Care for Your Heart. Care for Your 3 Highs”.

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