Effect of bad lifestyle on heart
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Interventional 
Cardiologist
Apollo Hospitals, 
Indore
Dr. Sarita Rao is a Sr. Interventional Cardiologist at 
Apollo  Hospitals, Indore. She is the first female 
Interventional  Cardiologist in Central India. She is 
Fellow of American  College of Cardiology(FACC) 
and Fellow of European  Society of 
Cardiology(FESC)
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 Effect of bad lifestyle on heart
Heart is the most vital organ of the body, There are several factors which increases the risk of 
heart diseases and can lead to severe problems and death. When we talk about heart 
diseases lifestyle play and important role in maintaining healthy heart health, the increased 
risk of heart diseases can be most probably due to bad lifestyle or habits that increases the 
risk factors and lead to worsen the condition.
Small healthy changes in the daily routine and working on a proper lifestyle can decrease the 
risk of heart diseases, well making changes in daily routine is always challenging. There are 
certain factors that must be kept in mind which are related to lifestyle and lead to heart 
diseases. These factors include daily normal routine activities and bad habits like smoking 
and alcohol.
The most common bad lifestyle factors includes-
• Unhealthy Diet - Date play an important role in functioning of the body and the heart the 
overall food you eat affects your heart, small healthy changes in the diet can decrease the 
risk of heart diseases and stroke. Unhealthy diet is the main enemy of heart which leads 
to certain heart diseases. Diet changes can help you decrease the risk factors try to eat 
fruits and vegetables as much as possible, avoid cholesterol and unhealthy facts. Try 
consuming beans, legumes, whole grain, healthy fats,lean meat and fish as this could 
help you in maintaining proper weight as well.
• Not enough exercise 
- Being physically 
active is very 
important for healthy 
heart and brain, 
increasing the exercise 
day by day can help 
you to strengthen your 
heart and avoid many 
heart diseases like 
irregular heartbeat, 
choking and heart 
attack, people who are 
not active or does not 
get enough exercise 
has double risk of 
heart diseases and 
increased risk of 
diabetes & cancer as 
well.
• Smoking and alcohol - One of the best things our lifestyle changes that should be done 
to avoid hard diseases are smoking and alcohol. Chemicals present inside tobacco or the 
alcohol can damage the hearts and blood vessels, smoking reduces the oxygen level in 
the blood which can increase the blood pressure and heart rate as the heart have to work 
faster for pumping. Try to quit smoking and alcohol as soon as possible as this could be 
life threatening and are the most important factors that increases the heart diseases.
• Unhealthy weight - Being overweight can increase the risk of heart diseases as access 
weight can lead to conditions that may affect the heart like high blood pressure high 
cholesterol and the most common diabetes type 2. Exercise regularly to maintain a 
healthy weight, people with unhealthy weight or BMI more than 25 are more prone to 
developing many other serious problems.
• Not getting enough sleep - People who do not get enough sleep have high risk of 
developing high blood pressure , heart attacks,diabetes, depression and obesity, 
minimum 6-7  hours of sleep every night is very important in maintaining healthy heart 
health, sleep play an important role in resting the body and the heart to function well the 
next day, Not getting enough sleep can lead to stress on the heart which may cause heart 
attack and heart failures.
• Excessive stress - Weather you are overloaded at work or stressed out due to  busy 
schedules try managing stress because unfortunately excessive stress can increase the 
risk of heart diseases due to rise and blood pressure which puts more strain to the 
arteries of the heart and can cause permanent damage. Stress can lead to growth of bad 
habits like smoking and drinking excess of alcohol which overall is more risky for the heart 
and for the body as well, some of the factors that can be used to get rid of stress are 
exercising listening to music ,yoga ,meditation and spending time alone.
Dr Sarita Rao is one of the Top cardiologist in MP and provides Heart treatment in her clinic. 
If you are planning for heart surgery with best Cardiologist in MP, then visit Hridayam Heart 
Care Centre. 
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