Essential ways to strengthen your heart

The heart is a muscular organ which needs to be stronger as it is involved in one of the major tasks of the body i.e., pumping the blood throughout the body.

- Shivangi Karn

Unnecessary stress, high cholesterol and lack of exercise can decrease the heart's life. There's no shortcut to getting a healthy heart in a day. However, there are several simple methods by which one can strengthen their heart muscles and live long and healthy.

According to a study, greater accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is relatively linked to several cardiac diseases. Reduction in these two major fat volumes decrease the risk of heart-related diseases and help a person improve their quality of life.

There are various scientific proofs that show that daily exercise is very essential for decreasing the risk of heart-based diseases and the mortality rate of the condition. A person who exercises daily has a more favourable plasma lipoprotein profile, high insulin sensitivity, and normal blood pressure. Even moderate exercise daily is very effective in reducing the risk of vascular disease.