How much physical activity is required to avoid cardiac problems in your 70s?
Any amount of exercise is preferable to none. According to an observational study from Italy published online on Feb. 14, 2022, in the journal Heart, at least 20 minutes of daily physical activity may be the sweet spot for avoiding cardiovascular problems in your 70s. The study included nearly 2,800 people aged 65 and up who were followed for over 20 years. People who engaged in 20 to 40 minutes of moderate-intensity activity (such as brisk walking) or vigorous-intensity activity (such as gardening, working out in a gym, biking, dancing, or swimming) per day had fewer heart attacks and cardiovascular problems, as well as a lower risk of premature death when compared to people who were not physically active. In men, at least 20 minutes of daily exercise was associated with a 52% lower risk of cardiovascular problems when compared to non-exercisers. The greatest advantages were observed in men aged 70 to 75. Because the study was observational, it cannot conclusively demonstrate that exercise prevents heart disease. Many studies, however, have shown that moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise protects your heart and brain, helps prevent diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases, and lowers your risk of death.
Eating a nutritious diet is important for treating and preventing heart disease. That is simple to comprehend, but sometimes difficult to implement. There is no such thing as a diet regimen that fits all, but there are 9 diet types. The American Heart Association changed its dietary advice for the first time in 15 years with this in mind. Rather than specifying dos and don'ts for individual nutrients (such as protein or fat), the new circulation guidelines (published online on Nov. 2, 2021) emphasize healthy eating patterns. As long as the following guidelines are followed, you can design a heart-healthy diet around your preferences and circumstances.
1. Keep a healthy balance of calorie consumption and physical activity.
Weight gain is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and eating more calories than you expend results in weight gain. Consult a dietitian to determine the number of calories you should consume based on your level of activity. It may just take a few minor adjustments to your diet to ensure that the calories you eat equal the calories you burn during activity. Perhaps you need to cut back on fast food in order to make room for healthy foods. Or perhaps your portions are overly large. For instance, a salad may contain a cup of beans when a quarter-cup would serve.
The majority of people desire to be energetic and to feel alive. Dr. John Travis developed a wellness spectrum in the 1970s, with illness on one end, a point of neutrality in the middle (when a person shows no signs or symptoms of disease), and wellness on the other.
Wellness refers to a condition of health and well-being that extends beyond the absence of illness. People in this state are confident, open to new challenges, curious, and eager to take action. They're doing well. Wellness seekers might want to climb a mountain, read a new book, learn to play a new instrument, or actively interact with new people.
Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer are among the most common health problems that people face today. People who are suffering from these (and other) ailments are on the disease side of the spectrum. Smoking, alcohol substance use disorders, a lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, and a diet high in processed foods, sugar, saturated fat, and artificial flavours are all risk factors for developing these disorders. Another factor that can put you at risk for these disorders is your weight, especially if you carry additional weight around your waist.
Prostate cancer can spread over time, and if a man's tumor has characteristics that indicate slow growth, he can choose active surveillance over immediate treatment. Men on active surveillance receive routine PSA blood tests and prostate biopsies and are only treated if cancer progresses or shows signs of increasing activity. However, when it comes to treatment, up to one-third of men opt-out. A new study has found that some of these men can safely put off treatment for a while.
The University of California, San Francisco researchers identified 531 men whose cancers progressed while they were under active surveillance. All of the men were initially diagnosed with Grade Group 1 prostate cancer, the lowest rung on a classification system that ranks cancers from low to high risk of aggressive spread. The biopsies of the men's tumors showed that they had moved into higher-risk grade groups, which are usually treated within an average of 25 months.
Within six months of their tumour upgrade, 192 men underwent prostate removal surgery. However, 125 men waited up to five years before having the operation, and 214 men chose not to be treated at all.
Keeping overly processed foods out of your diet is an important step toward avoiding chronic inflammation—the persistent activation of the immune system—and the many chronic diseases that are linked to inflammation. Avoidance becomes difficult, however, when you consider what constitutes processed food. After all, some processing is beneficial to one's health.
Some processing, when done correctly, can preserve the nutritional value of foods or make them more available—for example, during the winter, when we don't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Pasteurized milk, for example, kills harmful germs during the processing process. And processes like fermentation can sometimes make foods like yoghurt more nutritious.
So, when is processing bad for you, and which processed foods should you avoid? Here's what you should know.
What does "processed foods" mean?
Foods that have been changed from their original form are called "processed foods." It's possible that they've just been chopped and frozen, like vegetables, or that parts that can't be eaten have been taken away, as the shells of nuts. This kind of change requires the least amount of processing.
At the next level, a few extra things are added to processed foods. Some examples of these foods are crackers with just wheat, oil, and salt; freshly baked bread; and canned vegetables that are packed in water and salt.
"Ultra-processed" foods are those that have been processed even more. Ultra-processing usually means that you can't tell what the original food was, and it has things like preservatives, oil, sugar, salt, colouring, and flavouring added to it. This is what we call "junk food."
Hot dogs and deli meat are two examples of ultra-processed foods. Other examples are cheese puffs, doughnuts, frozen pizza, white bread, cookies, microwaveable dinners, and soda.
Dangers posed by processed meatProcessed meats are among the unhealthiest foods available. Examples include bacon, sausage, ham, hot dogs, salami, and deli meat (such as deli roast beef or turkey). These foods have a lot of sodium, unhealthy saturated fat, nitrates and nitrites, and other chemical additives like colouring, flavouring, and preservatives.
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