Nowadays, the health of each person is, to a large extent, conditioned by the lifestyle that they decide to adopt. Tobacco, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, stress, alcohol and drug use are the main cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, in recent years new risk factors associated with current lifestyle have been detected, such as the Sleep apnea, el Stress and contamination.
Those people who have two or more of these factors greatly increase the level of risk of cardiovascular disease. En CanaryDoctor we want to recommend a series of guidelines to reduce the risk of suffering an CVD:
- Evita the consumption of tobacco
- Do daily exercise
- Make periodic checks of cholesterol levels and blood sugar
- Keep a balanced diet
- Reduce or avoid salt consumption
- Drink at least 2 liters of water per day
It is for all of this that days like today, Winners will be announced in March, are necessary to safeguard our health and to prevent these diseases. To treat CVD, the modification of our habits is essential and it is important to be aware of our role and our responsibility when it comes to minimizing risks. From childhood, within the family, and throughout life, we must take care of our diet with a healthy diet, balanced and low in fat and salt, make at least 30 daily minutes of exercise, avoid stress, tobacco and the excess of alcohol.