Tuesday 28 April 2015

Risk factors of Coronary Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease/CHD is seen more in older age group.
The incidence increase with age and male are more affected.

Risk factors for CHD includes-

-Cigarette smoking
-High blood pressure
-Diabetes
-Obesity
-Elevated serum cholesterol
-Sedentary habits
-Stress

The degree of risk of developing CHD is directly related to number of cigarette smoked per day.

How to protect your self from developing coronary heart disease??

1)Modified diet
    -Reduce consumption of fats to 20-30% of total energy intake
    -Limit the consumption of saturated fats to less than 10% of total energy intake
    -Reduce dietary cholesterol consumption
    -Avoid alcohol,reduce salt intake to 5 gm daily
2)Absolute stopping of smoking
3)Reduce blood pressure
  -Reduce salt intake
  -Avoid  high alcohol intake
  -Regular exercise
  -Weight cotrol
4)Physical activity-regular exercise

Stay healthy-

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