Heart Disease and Exercise WisdomCard™

  1. aHealthyMe: Heart Disease and Exercise ahealthyme.com - Heart Disease and Exercise
  2. WebMD: Exercise for a Healthy Heart webmd.com - Exercise for a Healthy Heart
  3. Capital Health: Heart Disease and Exercise capitalhealth.ca - Heart Disease and Exercise
  4. A.D.A.M. (via The New York Times Health): Exercise's Effects On The Heart health.nytimes.com - Exercise's Effects On The Heart
  5. American Heart Association: Exercise and Fitness heart.org - Exercise and Fitness
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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

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  • 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

  1. ↑ A.D.A.M. (via The New York Times Health): Exercise's Effects on the Heart
  2. ↑ WebMD: Exercises For a Healthy Heart
  3. ↑ WebMD: Exercise For a Healthy Heart
  4. ↑ Capital Health: Heart Disease and Exercise

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