50-year-olds do these 4 things well to help reduce the risk of heart attack

Professor, Dr. Eric Rimm, director of the cardiovascular epidemiology program at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (USA), shared advice to help reduce the risk of heart attack, according to Express .

Specifically, Professor Rimm listed four factors: Healthy weight, exercise, no smoking, and healthy diet.

Experts give advice to reduce the risk of heart attack by 60%

Professor Rimm emphasized that following the above 4 tips can help us prevent 70 - 80% of heart attacks in women and 60 - 70% of heart attacks in men.

Even people aged 40 - 50, who are taking medication for high blood pressure or cholesterol, if they do the above 4 things, can escape 60% of the risk of heart attack.

Professor Rimm and his team conducted the following assessment:

Exercise : Exercise 30 minutes a day or 2.5 - 3.5 hours a week for 1 point. Exercise less for 0 points.

Healthy eating: Strict adherence to a nutritious diet gets 1 point, otherwise gets 0 points.

Smoking: Non-smoker gets 1 point and smoker gets 0 points.

Weight: BMI under 25 gets 1 point, 25 or more gets 0 points.

Professor Rimm explained: If you get the maximum score, the risk of heart attack will be 3-4 times lower than if you only get 0 points and 2-3 times lower than if you get 1 point, according to Express.

Thus, the higher the score, the more healthy things you do, the lower your risk of heart attack.

What is a heart healthy diet?

A heart-healthy diet involves eating a variety of fresh, unprocessed foods. Ideally, it should be low in bad fats, salt, and sugar; and rich in whole grains, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats.

Specifically includes:

• Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
• Eat healthy protein foods, preferably plant-based, such as beans, nuts, fish, seafood, eggs, and poultry. Limit red meat.
• Choose low-fat, unsweetened milk, yogurt, and cheese.
• Use healthy oils and fats like avocado, olive oil, nuts and cook with olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil and soybean oil.
• Use herbs and spices to flavor foods instead of salt.

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