4 Life Decisions for People Serious About Their Heart Health

Your heart is arguably the most important organ in your body, and you must take steps to maintain its vitality and function. Many factors play a role in heart health.

Everything you do in your life impacts your heart. Take steps to ensure your actions improve and strengthen your heart, and maintain overall good health in the process. Let’s review four lifestyle decisions to focus on if you are serious about your heart health.

1. Change Your Diet

Make sure you do as much as possible to improve the way in which you fuel your heart better. Adjust your diet to ensure your dietary choices are in line with a heart-healthy diet. Some basics of a heart-healthy diet include regulating portion sizes, consuming, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and limiting unhealthy fats. Assess your diet and determine where you need to make adjustments. Make sure the steps you take are steps you can maintain long-term. 

2. Get Plenty of Exercise

Regular exercise is a key component of heart health. Ensure you get the exercise you need by incorporating activities you enjoy and can complete on a regular basis. A consistent fitness routine is an important part of improving your heart health, and there are a wide variety of options available to you. Try to make the right decisions here, and come up with ideas that can keep you fit and healthy. Remember, if you are currently sedentary, consult your doctor before beginning an exercise program.

3. Pursue a Career in the Field

Pursuing a career in the field of heart health is another big step you can take if you are serious about improving your heart health. You can complete an online job search for cardiologists to get a feel for career options you may want to pursue. There are a many factors to consider when selecting the right career field. Think about your strengths and weaknesses. Pursuing a career that promotes heart health is definitely one option to ensure a heart healthy mindset that will impact your health for life.

4. Set Realistic Goals

Goal setting is an effective method your can use to improve your health, but it’s important you set realistic, measurable, and achieveable goals that keep you motivated and moving forward. Making your health goals a reality is really important, but you need to have goals that are attainable if you want to achieve this. Be specific about what you are going to do when and how you are going to track your success… plus reward yourself!

Step back and determine what steps you can take now to prioritize your heart health. What steps can you implement now?

All the best,
Lisa Nelson RD