3 Heart-Healthy Benefits of Losing Weight
Why losing weight is one of the best ways to keep your heart healthy.
Carrying extra weight takes a toll on your body 和 can increase your risk of heart disease 和 stroke. One of the very best things you can do to keep your heart healthier is to lose weight—和 even a small amount of weight loss can help. Weighing less also helps prevent other serious health problems, such as diabetes 和 arthritis, 和 may improve your quality of life.
If you need another reason to drop some excess weight, consider these 3 benefits for your heart:
- 降低血压. Losing even just 5-10% of your body weight can lower your blood pressure 和 reduce your risk of heart attack 和 stroke. When you weigh less, your heart doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood throughout your body. This can help you keep your blood pressure under control or may allow you to lower or eliminate medications you take to manage 高血压.
- 降低胆固醇. There's no absolute correlation between how much you weigh 和 your cholesterol 和 triglyceride levels, but when you lose weight, you're more likely to reduce your LDL ("bad") cholesterol, increase your HDL ("good") cholesterol 和 lower your triglycerides. This means there's less fat floating through your blood vessels that can turn into artery-clogging plaque.
- Prevent metabolic syndrome. Weight loss can lower your risk of metabolic syndrome, a collection of conditions that increase your risk of heart disease, 中风和糖尿病, including high blood sugar, 高血压, abnormal cholesterol levels 和 excess body fat around the waist. Metabolic syndrome is expected to become the leading risk factor for heart disease due to rising obesity rates in the U.S. (approximately 70% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese) 和 one of the best ways to avoid or reverse metabolic syndrome is to lose weight by eating healthy 和 exercising.
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