How to keep your heart healthy, does weather affect blood pressure and is there a way to stay out the long list of people with cardiovascular problems? Prof. Dimitar Petkov, director of St. Catherine's Hospital, commented on the topic in the studio of "Wake Up".
"On the one hand, it is good to see the way of eating, the intake of food. From another point of view, it is necessary to assess the risk factors for ischemic heart disease, which mainly leads to heart attacks, strokes, etc., Prof. Petkov said. According to him, the risk factors are high blood pressure, smoking, alcohol use, stress, overweight, etc.
"Nutritionists advise us to basically avoid concentrated sugar, fat or red meat and focus on plant foods, vegetables and fruits," he added. "It is good to make time for some kind of sport, or if you can't make time for sports, at least make time for walking. To take about 10-12 thousand steps a day is quite enough for a normal way of functioning of the entire cardiovascular system, not only the heart", the professor also said.
"These supplements, which are taken for weight loss, increase the metabolism in the body, remove part of the fat or excess weight, but they also affect the kidneys and other organs," explained Petkov.