Heart Disease and Exercise WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Heart Disease and Exercise
Inactivity is one of the major risk factors of heart disease. A regular exercise regimen helps improve heart health and may even reverse some risks factors of heart disease. There are a number of effects of exercise that benefit the heart, such as improved circulation, improved cholesterol levels, reduction of inflammation of the arteries and helping maintain a healthy weight.1
Fast Facts:
- Aerobic exercise has many benefits, such as strengthening your heart and cardiovascular system.2
- To reach optimal benefits you should gradually work up to a 20-30 minute workout a day.3
- Walking is the recommended exercise during the recovery period after a heart attack.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ A.D.A.M. (via The New York Times Health): Exercise's Effects on the Heart
- ↑ WebMD: Exercises For a Healthy Heart
- ↑ WebMD: Exercise For a Healthy Heart
- ↑ Capital Health: Heart Disease and Exercise
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Sgs71
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Heart and exercise, Exercise and heart disease, Exercising with heart disease
- Last update: Nov. 28, 2008
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