Experts warn of heart disease, the trend of burning the candle at the end of the day before sleep leads to a "time bomb" of health problems. In that sense, staying still do bad influence.

Demands of work and family barely stopping before sunrise until noon. If you are not able to before bedtime, a consequence lead to heart disease and stroke. As found by scientists at the University of Warwick.

They found that sleeping less than 6 hours per night the risk of death from cardiovascular disease approximately nearly 50 percent increase, and increase the risk of death from stroke by 15 percent. Conclusions were obtained after the researchers looked at 470,000 people in eight countries over 25 years.

"There is hope in modern society to live healthier. Attempts to life and work balance leads to too many people trading. Hopefully they can complete the job according to charge, " said Professor Francesco Cappuccio, heart specialists and epidemiologists, as quoted by the Telegraph, Wednesday (09/02/2011).

"The tendency to stay up early is actually a time bomb for our health. You must act now to your risk of heart disease and stroke are life threatening to reduce" he added.

Further studies are published in European Heart Journal confirms that the optimal duration of sleep is 7-8 hours. But, more than 9 hours a sleep indicator of other health problems.

Professor Cappuccio says there is evidence that staying late to influence the endocrine and cardiovascular systems, as regulator of hormone production. Stay up also resulted in impaired glucose tolerance and reduced insulin sensitivity, which can lead to diabetes and hypertension.

Last year, Prof Cappuccio had published a review of 16 studies of 1.3 million people showed that people who sleep less than 6 hours per night and 12 percent more likely to die before the age of 65 years than those who slept 7-8 hours.

"There are many reasons why the problem of lack of sleep more and more. Easy access to the Internet, more and more TV channels, worries about money and work hours can distract us from sleeping," said Ellen Mason, senior cardiac nurse British Heart Foundation.

"Sleeping too much or too little can a person increase the risk of stroke. This study emphasizes the importance of sleep a night and 6-8 hours on a regular basis,"said Dr. Sharlin Ahmed of The Stroke Association.

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Exercise prevents heart attacks

Heart attacks are not just attacks on the elderly. The disease is now also visits from the younger ones. Unhealthy lifestyle to be a factor.

The death of the former actor and member of the House Adjie Massaid suddenly seems remarkably public. His death was allegedly due to a heart attack futsal. The big question is found in the community with the relatively young age of 43 bubble. Since such an assumption by many parties, heart disease affects more people with advanced age.

But in fact always cases of sudden death from heart attack at a young age often. Now the trend is likely to continue rising. This is not because of lifestyle changes, which generally dilakoni city dwellers. For example, like fast food or eat fast food with high cholesterol, rarely exercise, because it employs, smoking, alcohol and alcoholic beverages high loads.

"Due to an unhealthy lifestyle such as high cholesterol, leading to blockage of the coronary vessels. Thus, the heart is torn stiff and light. finally be fatal. It is as the attack run by a person aged 30 years, " said Director of the Jakarta Vascular Center, Dr. Frans Santosa, MD MD

It is of heart specialists from the National Heart Hospital Harapan Kita, Jakarta, Dr. Isman Firdaus SpJP fiha that can occur while a higher frequency of heart disease in patients with advanced age level, but changing as the life habits, heart disease in all age groups said.

"Everyone can have a heart attack, especially people with unhealthy lifestyles, " he said.

Hart and Miller's Medical Journal, says at least 3 percent of cases of stroke due to the blood vessels of the brain of patients suffered under 30 years of blockade. Only in developing countries such as Indonesia, but also in developed countries, people with heart disease still affects more young.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) was previously monopolized by the parents, especially those aged 60 years and older, but right now, actually there is a tendency by people under 40 years old suffered from age. A study by the University of Russell Lüpkes Minnessota United States, this led to prove. Almost half of the participants who had died at the age of men 48 years.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow is blocked to a section of heart muscle. When blood flow is not restored quickly, a part of the heart is likely to damage from oxygen deprivation and death. "The symptoms of coronary heart disease is usually caused by a sudden and severe chest pain that can not be lost painkillers regularly shaped, " said the youngest heart doctors in Indonesia.

Many causes of heart attacks. Among them is unbalanced lifestyle factors such as irregular exercise, smoking, stress, lack of rest due to dense routines as well as unhealthy diet, such as eating lots of sugar does not comply with the required portion. It could also be because of carbohydrates, fat and protein intake is that, if not controlled can lead to diabetes, which leads to heart disease cause. Other risk factors for heart disease is the innate elements such as family history, age, gender and race.

"The heart may be triggered by assessing also other diseases such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes," said cardiologist from Omni International Hospital Alam Sutera Tangerang, Dr. Mulijono SpJP Dasaad MBBS.

Heart attack explained Dasaad has a few other symptoms than chest pain often replication in the left hand, patients often accompanies sweating, shortness of breath or a feeling like when you faint. "But 50 percent of patients had a complaint that is not typical, " said the doctor, who took the general medical program at the University of Indonesia, entitled "Suma Cum Laude" is.

Dasaad said, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the big cities with the number of patients increased from year to year. But although the disease is fatal, but that does not mean the disease is not preventable, there are still ways to heart attacks by adhering to a healthy lifestyle and regular medical treatment to prevent.

"Therefore, if know, patients do not know what symptoms they experience, then, to ensure that patients are examined in the hospital by a cardiologist must look at are. For if the patient only to find out and can cause the wrong assumption Would be fatal, "he said.

Avoidance of risk factors for disease is the most important thing is not getting worse.

A heart attack in less than an hour, which is to kill, why quick action against the signs of suffering heart attacks would save lives and reduce the risk for the heart. The treatment is very effective, which has been shown within one hour after onset of symptoms started.

"A heart attack can save lives and prevent, obstruct, if immediate treatment if started within 1 hour after onset of symptoms, "he said.

I love your heart healthy? Start now to change their eating patterns. Avoid fatty foods and foods rich in carbohydrates multiplied.

In fact, studies have shown, fibrous foods, especially fiber type betaglukan able to reduce bad cholesterol (low densy lipoprotein / LDL) levels. If low levels of LDL in the blood, cardiovascular health becomes more secure.

"Betaglukan fiber, can be found in processed grain products, known as oats or oatmeal. Like jelly oat fiber that can bind fat in the blood and threw it across the land," said a clinical nutrition specialist in Central Pertamina Hospital (RSPP), Dr. Fatma RD Kusuma.

Do not stop there, research conducted in the United States found that fiber from oats or wheat is soluble fiber may reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol without lowering HDL (good cholesterol).

"The glikemi oat fiber also contain low. Thus, oats are very good for diabetics because the level of blood sugar produced after eating very low," he said again.

High levels of LDL is the main cause of increased cases of heart disease. Although there is no faster drug therapy to lower LDL, but treatment with wheat cereal consumption is more healthy and no side effects, although it takes some time.

According to nutritionists and thick glasses, oatmeal is a good source of nutrition because they contain vitamin E, zinc, selenium, copper, iron and magnesium. "Rolled oats can be a good source of protein for the body. Our next task is to socialize the community," he said.

For maximum results, every day a person should consume 70 grams of oats. The amount is needed, because if it is excessive it is not possible. One thing that is no less important as lowering levels of blood cholesterol is by exercising regularly.

Cholesterol is particularly virulent, is blamed as a cause of coronary heart disease, because it makes blood vessels clogged and harden (atherosclerosis). As a result, blood flow is not smooth or covered. If the obstruction is the flow of blood to the heart, the place of coronary heart disease (CHD). If carried to the brain, a stroke occurs. It could also impede the flow of blood in the legs, causing the black.

Took note of coronary heart disease deserves attention, because even today still ranks first as a cause of human death. Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001, each year there are approximately 7.2 million deaths from coronary heart disease.

The process of blood vessel obstruction is happening faster when more people apply unhealthy lifestyles, such as frequently ate fast food, soft drinks or sweetened drinks too often, and not balanced with white water and rarely exercise.

Other sources of fiber than wheat is also found in avocado, grapes, apples, strawberries and oranges. Avocados contain glutathione and beneficial monounsaturated fatty acids to neutralize free radicals and destructive nature of the fat in the body.

In wine there, like the flavonoids quercetin and catechin serves to facilitate blood flow, preventing the oxidation of bad cholesterol and reduce plaque formation in blood vessels. "Vitamin C in the wine also can neutralize free radicals," he said again.

Whereas a lot of apple pectin contains the type of fiber helps to lower levels of beneficial blood cholesterol. Pectin binds cholesterol foods such as milk, meat and eggs as well as help to stay in the intestine.

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