{"id":18667,"date":"2023-05-03T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=18667"},"modified":"2023-05-03T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:00:06","slug":"5-ways-to-start-protecting-your-heart-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wellness\/5-ways-to-start-protecting-your-heart-now\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Start Protecting Your Heart Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiovascular disease is the most notorious killer of men. And for you to avoid being one of its victims, make use of the advanced technology, science, and products that are present today. Here are 5 ways to start<br \/>\nprotecting your heart now:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Own a smartwatch and analyze its data<\/h3>\n<p>Analyze the data illustrated in your smartwatches taken from your daily routine and activities. Smartwatches will help you keep track of the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Your heart rate recovery after working out<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It shows your resting heart rate, the lower your resting heart rate the better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It presents your activity rate or steps in a day<\/p>\n<h3>2. Train as if you already experienced a heart attack<\/h3>\n<p>Try low to moderate-intensity training, in this way you&#8217;re not pushing your heart too hard and in this way you are treating it as if you are trying to avoid a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>And then take it up a notch by using the HIIT method. It is a 90 to 95 percent effort used in tough training and then recover for three minutes and then do it again three more times. You utilize this method three times a week.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Try adding salmon and avocado to your diet<\/h3>\n<p>Salmon and avocados are known to be great producers of heart-healthy fats. Try adding as much of these two to your diet and prepare it in numerous ways to make it appetizing.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Connect with your doctor and check how high at risk you are<\/h3>\n<p>Consult your physician to check if there are lifestyle changes you need to make. Your heart is at high risk if you&#8217;re consuming processed foods frequently and do not make time for physical activity at all. Only your<br \/>\ndoctor can prescribe what must be done to get your heart in a healthy shape.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Be up to date on the latest heart meds<\/h3>\n<p>Adding a bypass to a healthy lifestyle when you have narrowed coronary arteries doesn&#8217;t reduce the risk of death. Proper lifestyle habits and medication can freeze plaques in their tracks. The medicine included are calcium channel blockers, aspirin, and statins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiovascular disease is the most notorious killer of men. And for you to avoid being one of its victims, make use of the advanced technology, science, and products that are present today. Here are 5 ways to start protecting your heart now: 1. Own a smartwatch and analyze its data Analyze the data illustrated in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[690],"tags":[827,1839],"class_list":["post-18667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness","tag-heart-health","tag-heath-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}