Along with the theme of this month Heart Health Month, we should probably go into how the heart works. The heart is an actual muscle. In order to keep muscles strong it is a use it or lose it game. But dont we use our heart every day and it beats all the time??? Well … yes but there are ways to strengthen it.
Blood Flow: Muscle contraction
The Blood flow gets pumped out of the heart becuase it is a muscle.
Isint there the phrase “use it or lose it?”
It has to be strong enough to pump the blood all the way down to our toes and all the way back up to the chest, working against gravity. Over time without adequate activity and exercise this mechanism becomes weaker. That’s when you see people’s lower limbs discolored and swollen, the heart isn’t strong enough to get that fluid back to the heart. When blood pools, that’s also the waste sitting there causing damage to the tissue.
Hydration hiatis
Did you know if you are dehydrated it sends signals in the body to drop blood pressure? In a simple sense. when the blood is thicker, the blood moves slower causing the heart to work harder. this is when there can be a drop in blood pressure, for th ebody to maintain constant blood flow. ew
Three ways to keep up your heart health pump!
- Move more : especially if you are not currently
- of you have to be at your desk all day, stand
- choose the stairs over elevator
- plan a walk or activity with family during weekends (encourage not demand)
- Hydrate more: chronic dehydration or over caffeinated
- drink a glass of water before coffee
- choose decaffinated teas if you need a warm liquid
Have you ever had issues like this with a friend or client ??
Megan Training and Nutrition 
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