Health Quote: Prevention is better than cure.

 

 

 

Health Quote: Prevention is better than cure.

 

The number one killer disease is heart disease, cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Facts (Source: WHO)

• Cardiovascular disease made up 16.7 million, or 29.2% of total global deaths according to World Health Report 2003.
• Around 80% of cardiovascular disease deaths took place in low and middle-income countries.
• By 2010, cardiovascular disease will be the leading cause of death in developing countries.
• At least 20 million people survive heart attacks and strokes every year; many require continuing costly clinical care.
• Heart disease has no geographic, gender or socio-economic boundaries.

Treatments for Heart Disease

In addition to drug treatments and surgery, there is a range of treatments for heart disease.

Drug treatments for people with heart disease can help lower blood pressure or cholesterol, prevent or dissolve blood clots, relieve and prevent angina symptoms or improve the strength or rhythm of the heart's contractions.

Medical procedures to diagnose and treat heart disease include coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass grafts, coronary angioplasty, coronary stenting, heart transplants, operations for congenital defects, surgery for heart valve defects, electrophysiological treatments and implanting of cardiac defibrillator.

But....

Nowadays, the medical technology can treat the symptoms of heart disease, but it cannot be cured completely. And more, for drug treatments, you have to take drug for the rest of your life no matter where you live or where you go for a holiday. For medical procedures, it costs you at least U$100,000 and the success rate of the operation is not 100%. You have been cut and take months to recover. Even worse, if you were not changing your lifestyle, you might have another operation in few years. Are these you want? You are the only one can change.

The Good News, Heart Disease can be PREVENTED....

Prevention for Heart Disease (Source: WHO)

Compelling evidence indicates that the following strategies are effective in preventing cardiovascular disease, and in helping manage the disease:

• Limit energy intake from total fats and shift fat consumption away from saturated fats to unsaturated fats and towards the elimination of trans-fatty acids;
• Increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil or plant sources;
• Consume a diet high in fruits vegetables, nuts and whole grains, and low in refined grains.
• Avoid excessively salty or sugary foods.
• At least 30 minutes of regular physical activity daily
• Avoid smoking
• Maintain a healthy weight.