Reducing Your Risk of Suffering a Stroke

March 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Strokes can have a major toll on your health, and even though treatments have improved over the recent years, they can still be deadly if the proper steps are not taken. New research indicates that people with artery blockages in and near their heart have an elevated amount of risk, even if they were previously considered to be low risk by former standards. This gives extra incentive to people to maintain good heart health and keep your cholesterol levels in an acceptable range.

Paradise In-Home Care and the Paradise Gardens Care Homes encourage you to take the right steps when it comes to keeping your heart and body as healthy as possible. There are so many easy things that you can do today that will help get you started in the right direction. Eating a healthier diet is one lifestyle change that will have almost immediate effects. By eliminating fried foods as much as possible, you can start lowering your cholesterol levels and help reduce the amount of buildup that will occur in your arteries and heart. Not only does this help you to start reducing your chances of a stroke, it will also improve your health in other areas, too. One great example is that you can drastically reduce your risk of suffering a heart attack—a major killer of both men and women in our society.

In some cases, medications might prove to be necessary. If you do have high cholesterol, you can team up with your physician to come up with a plan that will help you out as much as possible. If they think your cholesterol levels are dangerous enough that you need medication to regulate your levels, they will need to take a comprehensive approach to ensure that the drugs they prescribe won’t interfere with other aspects of your health, too.

Another easy way to improve heart health is to start exercising. Cardiovascular exercise gets your heart and lungs working hard, strengthening them so that you can increase fitness levels and your health. A strong heart is less likely to succumb to a heart attack and you will be taking important steps toward reducing blockages. It’s always a good idea to talk to a doctor before starting any sort of new physical exercise so that they can help you to make sure that you won’t be doing more harm than good. If you worry about your knees, there are always exercises you can do that will reduce impact, so cardio exercises are not reduced to just going out and jogging. You can use a stationary cycle, an elliptical machine, a rowing machine, or many other activities. This is the beauty of exercise. There are so many different things that you can do to improve your situation so you are more than likely to always find something that’s easy on your body and that you enjoy at the same time.

However, sometimes exercise alone isn’t enough. Take Alberto Salazar for example. He was an international caliber marathon runner during the 1980s, but despite his disciplined running, he suffered a heart attack and was actually legally dead for several minutes. Miraculously, he survived, but he now needs to be very careful about his diet. Exercise helps, but as you can see, sometimes it’s just not enough.

Paradise In-Home Care encourages you to approach your health from as many different angles as you can. An in home caregiver can help in this respect by encouraging and monitoring physical activity and by providing healthier meals. If you think that an in home caregiver can help increase your health and safety in this manner, don’t hesitate to contact Paradise today.