February is Heart Health Month

We love golf, there isn’t any doubt about that, however do you know that even when we’ve a lower than stellar spherical, golf can nonetheless love us again?

In accordance with the American Coronary heart Affiliation, practically half of U.S. adults have hypertension, or hypertension, and solely about 1 in 4 of these people has their hypertension underneath management. Hypertension is a significant preventable danger issue for coronary heart illness and stroke, that are the primary and fifth main causes of demise in america, respectively. Usually thought-about to be a situation for the older era, coronary heart illness and different related diseases are on the rise throughout all age teams.

What are you able to do and the way can your golf recreation assist?

Enjoying golf may help you keep away from hypertension within the first place. Bodily exercise may help maintain you at a wholesome weight and decrease your blood stress. The Bodily Exercise Pointers for Individuals recommends that adults get no less than 2 hours and half-hour of moderate-intensity train, reminiscent of brisk strolling or bicycling, each week. That’s about half-hour a day, 5 days per week.  So, every time you play golf you’re contributing to raised coronary heart well being. Strolling the course for an 18 or perhaps a 9 gap spherical definitely ticks the train field. Even when your golf recreation features a golf cart, you’ll be able to nonetheless get your 30 minutes of train in, by sticking to the cart path throughout your spherical and strolling to your Ball.

Packing wholesome snack choices in your spherical may even assist you to keep away from hypertension and its problems. Pack loads of recent fruit and veggies. Minimize down on sodium. An excessive amount of sodium (salt) can increase your danger for hypertension, coronary heart illness, and stroke. Processed meals have plenty of sodium. So please keep away from that Sizzling Canine and the bag of chips on the Flip. Select more healthy snacks and select water over these sugary drinks.

Analysis exhibits that taking a bit of time every day to advertise a wholesome life-style may help enhance your long-term coronary heart well being. We expect this can be a prescription for extra golf!

Be taught extra about your Coronary heart Well being and the warning indicators of Coronary heart Assault, Stroke or Cardiac Arrest with the American Heart Association.