{"id":1527,"date":"2019-02-22T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.fm1.dev\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:29:11","slug":"easy-ways-to-boost-heart-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/easy-ways-to-boost-heart-health\/","title":{"rendered":"EASY WAYS TO BOOST HEART HEALTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The human body is complex. So complex, in fact, that some things you read about it might seem downright far-fetched. For example, your heart health affects your hearing health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE HEART\u2013HEARING LINK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That might sound a little squirrelly, but it\u2019s supported by more than six decades of research<\/a>. How are they connected? Your inner ear is where sound waves get translated into a language \u2014 electrical impulses \u2014 that your brain understands. Structures critical to this translation process depend on nourishment from tiny blood vessels. When your heart doesn\u2019t work well, those structures don\u2019t get enough blood and, therefore, don\u2019t work like they should, leading to hearing loss. The connection is so strong that, in the event of a heart attack, it\u2019s recommended that you get a hearing test to catch hearing loss early. It\u2019s also been suggested<\/a> that every hearing care patient\u2019s history include detailed information about heart health, such as history of heart disease, hypertension, heart attacks, or heart surgery due to coronary blockage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of easy ways to improve your heart health. Instead of a list of don\u2019ts, we\u2019ll keep it positive. Here are three easy things you can do to head toward heart health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. STAND UPThe scientific community is starting to recognize just how unhealthy sitting for a big portion of the day really is. Simply put, sitting for long periods is linked to heart disease<\/a>. Stand up from time to time. It helps more than you realize. It\u2019s not a matter of making sure you\u2019re exercising enough \u2014 per Dr. Erin Michos, associate director of preventive cardiology at Johns Hopkins, \u201cEven if you\u2019re doing 30 minutes per day of physical activity, it matters what you do the other 23 hours of the day.\u201d Dr. Michos finds reasons to get up and move every hour, such as going down the hall to a colleague\u2019s office to ask a question instead of asking via email.<\/li>
  2. MAKE EVERY MEAL A RAINBOWTo reduce risk of heart disease, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada recommends 7 to 10 servings<\/a> of vegetables and fruit every day. Practically all of them are low in calories, fat, and sodium, and many are rich in vitamin C or beta-carotene, both of which reduce plaque buildup in your arteries. To understand what the foundation means by \u201cserving,\u201d here\u2019s Health Canada\u2019s current serving-size guide<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. KEEP THE FATS \u2014 BUT ONLY THE HEALTHY KINDIt\u2019s never a good idea to cut out all fat. Your body needs certain fats. According to the American Heart Association, the heart-healthy approach<\/a> is to focus on unsaturated fats (poly or mono), heavily limit saturated fats, and cut out artificial trans fats, hydrogenated oils, and tropical oils entirely. What does that mean, exactly? Easy ways to load up on the good stuff are adding fish and avocado to your diet, eating nuts in moderation, and steering toward oils that are low in saturated fat, such as avocado, grapeseed, olive, and sesame oils.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The human body is complex. So complex, in fact, that some things you read about it might seem downright far-fetched. For example, your heart health affects your hearing health. THE HEART\u2013HEARING LINK That might sound a little squirrelly, but it\u2019s supported by more than six decades of research. How are they connected? Your inner ear is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}