Seven Habits of Highly ‘Efficient’ Hearts :

Seven Habits of Highly ‘Efficient’  Hearts :

 A study published online January 30, 2012 in Circulation shows that individuals satisfying at least  five of seven conditions had a significantly lower risk of all-cause deaths and deaths from heart disease compared with individuals who met none of the measurable parameters

These components include four ideal health behaviors—not smoking, body-mass index (BMI) <25 kg="" m="" sup="">2

, physical activity at goal levels (at least 150 minutes of aerobic activity per week such as walking, running, swimming, dancing etc), and diet that includes three or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables—and three ideal health factors, including total cholesterol <200 and="" blood="" d.="" diastolic="" dl="" fasting="" glucose="" hg="" levels="" mg="" mm="" o:p="" plasma="" pressure="" systolic="">

After a median of 5.8 years of follow-up of  7622 adults, it was found that compared with individuals with no ideal health measures, those with five or more had a 78% lower risk of all-cause mortality and an 88% lower risk of death from diseases of the circulatory system.

Besides suggesting an almost 90% lower risk of developing heart disease by having all the healthy parameters, an important fallout of the study is that having these parameters also resulted in  reduced mortality due to other causes and improvement of overall health of the population.