Archive for the ‘Heart’ Category

Benefits of breastfeeding: a 23% reduced risk of suffering from coronary problems in women

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

lactanciaA despite medical advances that breastfeeding benefits for babies for the little ones that result in providing more nutrients than the milk produced but also creates a profit breastfeeding in women such as they are less likely to develop breast cancer or to develop postpartum depression or a lower risk of developing diabetes.

In addition to these benefits, through a study of more than 100,000 women who had been breastfeeding our children during a period of 23 months leads to a reduction of 23% of the risk of heart disease. This would be possible for the behavior of lipids and glucose during lactation such as fat accumulates during pregnancy women are more easily removed during infancy and therefore lower risk of cardiovascular problems.

This is undoubtedly important when we consider that the European Union in deaths from stroke and other heart problems mean the leading cause of death in women.

After a heart attack playing sports is good but not good to quit

Sunday, September 21st, 2008
year-to-positive-then-attack-of-cardiacoSegĂșn a study by a group of Swiss researchers and published this week in the journal Circulation, exercise after a heart attack is very good for recovery, but the positive effects disappear when failing to perform physical exercises. Valmont Genolier clinic Montreux-led the study.

The study showed that patients who performed exercises after a heart attack experienced an improvement in their blood vessels four weeks to begin exercising, but once you stop doing the exercise, namely a month after the positive effects disappear so it is recommended to maintain a routine of physical exercises on an ongoing basis.

209 patients were investigated in this study demonstrated the positive effects of physical activity, unchanged by the type of exercise performed.

Heart diseases are the leading cause of death in the world and is due to an obstruction of arteries and other blood vessels by fat accumulation.