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Do You Truly Understand Your Heart?

High blood pressure affects approximately 1.13 billion people in the world. Another fact is that one third of the global cases of ischaemic heart disease was attributed by the elevated cholesterol level. High blood pressure and high blood cholesterol do more than just showing some signs and symptoms. They are also the major contributors to the world’s top 2 deadliest diseases, namely heart diseases and stroke which accounted for a total of 15.2 million deaths in 2016.

Many of us are clear with the modifications that can be done to our lifestyle to prevent the occurrence of health diseases. Following a healthy diet, exercising regularly, getting enough of sleep, we hear these advices going on and on. However, how many of us can truly adopt a healthy lifestyle?

Drugs and medications may be an effective solution to manage high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol, but some come with side effects with long term usage. What if there is a way to avoid these side effects while solving your health concerns?

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World Heart Day

According to World Health Organisation (2017), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is currently the first leading cause of death worldwide. There has been an increase of 14.5% of deaths which is equivalent to 17.9 million, attributed to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) globally from 2006 to 2016. That is 3 in every 10 deaths and is expected to grow to over 23.6 million by 2030.

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