Cardiovascular Health

Question: 10 POINTS PROMISED: Just need help with a health class assignment dealing with cardiovascular health? I need to "interview" 3 people and ask them 8 questions pertaining to cardiovascular health. I already have - How much do you know about the cardiovascular system? Do you know how to monitor your heart rate and why it is important? What does the public need to know about cardiovascular disease and prevention? What do you typically do for cardiovascular activity each week? Do you know how to improve your cardiovascular health through physical activity? I just need 3 more. 10 points to whoever helps me first.

Answer: Do you know how to improve your CV health through diet? Do you think family history is important in relation to heart disease?

Question: What are some ways to improve cardiovascular health? My blood pressure readings are 141/56 with my heart beat being 84. It seems kinda..Off. I weigh 220 lbs and im 5/11 maybe 6 foot by now. Is this bad? what are some things i can do to improve my health? i dont drink sodas. And i dont do drugs anymore. I'm only 18 but i feel bad at health. What can i do?

Answer: The best things you can do to improve your health are to get a moderate amount of exercise each day (at least one hour of rigorous physical activity) and to eat less and healthier food. If you do this, even without taking other measures, your blood pressure will likely decrease. Medical experts would consider you overweight, as your Body Mass Index (based on your height and weight) is 30.7. Average BMI is between 18.5 and 25, so you should ideally lose about 40 pounds, though you should try to do this gradually practicing good health habits that you'll be able to maintain rather than going on a diet or regiment that will allow you to lose the weight but with a high chance that you will gain it all back when you go off the diet. Besides weight, there are many other factors that contribute to high blood pressure and an increased heart rate. Reduced physical activity is one that especially applies to heart rate, and this is also remedied by getting moderate exercise ever day. Another risk factor is sodium intake. You should try to stay aware of the nutritional facts for the foods you eat. Many prepared foods (things you buy in a box and heat up in the microwave), restaurant foods, and fast foods have excessive amounts of sodium. You should reduce how often you eat these foods to once or twice a week at most. You should also stay aware of the sodium content in the food you do eat. You should not exceed 2300 mg of sodium per day. Unfortunately, genetics is also a big risk factor for high blood pressure. There's not a whole lot you can do to combat your genetics except taking care of yourself to reduce the other risk factors. At this point in your life, doing those things should help tremendously. However, when you are older it may be necessary to take prescription medication to reduce blood pressure if a healthy lifestyle cannot reduce it enough so that it's within the healthy range. I hope this helps. Consider also scheduling an appointment with your general practitioner or family doctor, who can give you more ideas on how to be healthier and who can, if necessary, recommend a nutritional expert to guide your eating and exercise habits.

Question: What would you talk about in an essay regarding cardiovascular health? I need to prepare a 2-3 page written assignment on this topic... Can you give me some ideas, please? Thanks

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Question: How can yoga be used to improve cardiovascular health ? Im looking for some kind of yoga program that might be used to supplement my running.

Answer: Hi, I think that since you are probably in great cardio shape from running, you may want to try a quiet practice such as Yin or Restorative yoga. It would balance it out nicely. If you still want an active yoga workout, I suggest you try Power or Ashtanga style yoga. Any style will help prevent injuries in running as well. Hope that helped!

Question: What does Blood Pressure indicate about cardiovascular health? It's for an anatomy paper and I don't think that the Tutor covered that one thing.

Answer: Hypertension is sustained elevation of resting systolic BP (≥ 140 mm Hg), diastolic BP (≥ 90 mm Hg), or both. Hypertension with no known cause (primary; formerly, essential hypertension) is most common; hypertension with an identified cause (secondary hypertension) is usually due to a renal disorder. Usually, no symptoms develop unless hypertension is severe or long-standing. Diagnosis is by sphygmomanometry. Tests may be done to determine cause, assess damage, and identify other cardiovascular risk factors. Treatment involves lifestyle changes and drugs, including diuretics, β-blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and Ca channel blockers. Please see the web pages for more details on Hypertension, Essential hypertension, Malignant hypertension, Drug-induced hypertension, Renovascular hypertension, Hypertensive heart disease and Intracerebral hemorrhage,

Question: How much does Type 1 Diabetes increase the risk of CHD and other cardiovascular health issues? Hello people. I see diabetes listed as a risk factor for heart diseases and I wonder how bad it really is to have diabetes. Is it as bad as smoking? I suppose it depends on how well diabetes is controlled but I just want to get an idea of what damage high blood sugar does to you body. Cheers.

Answer: Uncontrolled diabetes is actually WORSE than smoking cigarettes (from a cardiovascular standpoint). Having uncontrolled blood sugar is like having something the consisteny of maple syrup in your veins and arteries... this in turn causes the heart to work much harder, and it also damages the microvasculature in the body (like in the kidneys and eyes). The vascular system is in a constant state of inflammation... tiny breaks in the blood vessels occur. When this happens, the body tries to repair it by clotting, and heart attacks are usually caused when one of these clots break off and get lodged in the vasculature of the heart causing oxygen deprivation. So yeah, it's bad. However, if a diabetic controls their blood sugar well, they have about the same risk for heart disease that any of us do.

Question: What are the relationships between cardiovascular health and endurance exercise? I am trying to figure it out and I am struggling!!!! Some help would be greatly appreciated!!! =] ((10 pts. to best answer!!))

Answer: cardio vascular and endurance are very different. Cardiovascular trains you to be more explosive, and quick, and agile. Endurance makes you able to work on one thing for a very long time, and that simply decreases your explosive power.

Question: what's the best and safest way to get into cardiovascular health? I'm 38 and in pretty good shape for my age, but I want to be in supershape. I know that you're supposed to break into CV workouts light, then increase with time. So just what kind of exercises should I start with, how long should I work out, how hard should I work, and when should I step up the intensity?

Answer: Just start out slowly. Run a little bit on a track or treadmill, and then increase the amount you do as you get used to it. Probably start by running 10 minutes a day, and then get up to 20, 30, and however long you want to go. Keep in mind that for CV exercise, you're better off running longer at a slower pace than sprinting for a shorter time.

Question: Which is better for cardiovascular health and weight loss? Treadmill, running at 6mph/10 minute miles. or... Elliptical trainer: At level 5 difficulty. Both are done for exactly an hour. Which is a better exercise and burns more calories?

Answer: I have been through it all and know what's it about. The main thing is to stick in there. You can't be an addict to food and never exercise if you want to live a healthy life and keep the weight off. I've worked out, done every diet, and all types of classes. Nothing works, besides dedication and intelligence towards the subject of losing weight. First, depending on how much weight you need to lose, your diet is the first concern. You can't eat 10,000 calories a day and expect the weight to come off, even if you are exercising a lot. Which brings us to the next thing. Duh, Exercising... This is a must especially if you need to a lot of weight. Get at least 30 mins of some good hardcore exercising. Do some cardio, in the long run, it's good for the heart. However, I find the most hardest part of losing weight/keeping it off, in my diet. It's so hard to keep your fingers out of the cookie jar or those chocolate goodies. I've found a great addition to help any one out, it's a natural weight loss supplement called Proactol. Now don't get all crazy on me and say diet pills don't work. That is true, but not in this case. This one isn't meant to burn pounds while you sit on the couch. It's an appetite suppressant, along with being a fat binder. I saved money on the pills at theweightlossplace.com along with getting some good info. It basically makes those fingers not go towards the cookie jar. For me it's the best pill I've tried and I've tried cupboards full. Now this doesn't mean you have to follow my foot steps but I've successfully lost roughly 70 pounds and keeping it off til this day. Well good luck and remember what I said, Dedicate.

Question: Is running still the best form of exercise for cardiovascular health and weight loss? Compared to the tread climber, various elliptical trainers, stationary bikes etc.

Answer: I do a lot of gym and fitness work and I despise treadmills! Running is a fantastic cardio but stay away from treadmills, buy a decent pair of running shoes and go jogging outside! Another great exercise which actually uses the most muscles is swimming, it is good for cardio and will burn carbs!

Question: Effect of Hot Water on Cardiovascular Health? I'm a healthy 31 year old male who takes a relatively hot shower first thing in the morning (about 15 min) and a hot whirlpool bath in the evening (again about 15 min). I am trying to get into routine of regular exercise, but am wondering if there are any positive cardio benefits to hot baths/showers. I know that my heart rate increases during either a bath or shower. Would this have a similar cardiovascular benefit to raising your heart rate via exercise?

Answer: No the ex cerise has different impact on the body all together a bath just cleanses ur outer body and very hot showers r not advisable they deplete the body of natural oils

Question: How effective is bike riding for weight loss and cardiovascular health?

Answer: It's great for both, but bike riding alone is not going to help you to lose weight. Weight loss requires you to increase the calories you burn while decreasing the number of calories you take in. Here's a good site to help you determine how many calories you burn while engaged in various activities: http://www.primusweb.com/cgi-bin/fpc/actcalc.pl Good luck!

Question: Describe the negative effects they have in terms of cardiovascular health? I NEED THIS ANSWER TONIGHT!

Answer: Then rewrite it in a way that makes sense.

Question: What's the minimum one should run per week, in order to help maintain good cardiovascular health ?

Answer: You don't need to run to maintain cardiovascular health. As long as you eat healthy, you stay healthy. If you need a number, i'm saying once a week. If you're talking about stamina and endurance, it's individual, some people won't lose it for a whole week, but minimum would still be twice a week. I don't know if this matters, but in MMA we're recommended to run AT LEAST once a week.

Question: What do you think about the discussuin by this doctor of chiropractic and Cardiovascular Health? I think it should be watched and can help all kinds of people of all ages live longer. What do you think of his concepts? I thought that each part had very valuable information that I really did not understand before completely. http://www.thewellnessdoc.com/custom/dr.ungar/videos/video.asp?Video=cardiovascular&VideoPart=1

Answer: The information he provided can easily be obtained by picking up a good pathophysiology & biochemistry book. Interesting that he did not mention the genetic component of T2D. Lots of people are obese and do not have T2D yet majority of people who have T2D are overweight indicating a genetic and environmental component. The chiro provided a great explanation of insulin, glucose and IR but then later said that insulin binds glucose? Insulin binds insulin receptors causing a range of actions one of which includes the translocation of GLUT4 to the surface membrane of adipocytes and myocytes. Good explanation though. I agreed with the role of the food production companies however people need to start to demand 'healthier' options, low salt, less added sugar. Until the people start to demand this it will not occur (example is low fat products). America, 'we're kinda a country of excess...' ya think? He had a very interesting spin on the role of cholesterol and atherosclerosis development, I would like to see the research that supports this view. I would have liked to know more about what he advises for diet and exercise therapy. It is known that good exercise and diet can reverse T2D nothing to new there however, significant micro- and macrovascular damage has probably already occured unfortunatly. This highlights the importance of picking up pre-diabetic states such as impaired fasting glucose & impared glucose tolerance. I do agree that many physicians do not turn to diet and exericse which her refered to as 'alternative' medicine. It is a shame medications are usually the first option. Why don't people ever get referred to a dietitian for diet changes, why does it have to be alternative medicine with supplements and herbs? Is it because people would prefer a quick fix instead of putting in the long term effort and getting the results? Integrated health would be nice, more research into T2D would be nice, healthy food production would be nice as would preventative medicine. I found an interesting article regarding insulin resistance The Insulin Resistance Syndrome: definition and dietary approaches to treatment. G Reaven. Annu Rev Nutr 2005;25:391-406

Question: Which is NOT a benefit of good cardiovascular health? Which is NOT a benefit of good cardiovascular health? a) improvment in appearance b) increasing your self esteem c) the ability to manage stress d) stronger bone mass

Answer: d) stronger bone mass Cardio vascular does make you lose weight when done properly so improvement in appearance is true When you lose weight and feel improvements in your cardio vascular health, you will feel good about yourself so increasing self esteem is true It is a well known fact running is a good way of managing stress and therefore this is true Cardio Vascular is to do with the heart and lungs and working in your training zone to keep going, nothing to do with bone mass. Hope this helps ;)