Heart health: 7-9 hours of sleep for adults

[LadyStanley]

Sleep joins the list of eight key factors for heart health

Routinely getting a good night's sleep has been added to the American Heart Association's list of key components of cardiovascular health, lengthening the list to eight factors the association believes can lead to a longer, higher-quality life without heart disease. Heart disease is the leading...

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[tarheelhockey]

Full list of heart health factors from the article:

Consistently getting a good night's sleep​

Maintaining a healthy weight​

Not smoking​

Being physically active​

Eating a healthy diet​

Keeping blood pressure at acceptable levels​

Keeping cholesterol at acceptable levels​

Keeping blood sugar at acceptable levels.​

Naturally, we gravitate to a sedentary lifestyle with lots of stress and a diet of too-large portions filled with sugar, salt, and cholesterol.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

For the first time in my adult life (33 years old), I’ve committed to getting to bed at a decent hour so that I can get 8 hours (or damn near close to 8 hours) of sleep every single night over the last month.

The difference in how I feel has been…and I am not exaggerating…LIFE CHANGING.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Up until my mid 20s, I paid no attention to what I ate. I graduated high school at 155 (5’10”) and came out of college only a few pounds more than that. It wasn’t until I crept up just shy of 200 in my mid to later 20s that I realized I had to be better.

In terms of food, I’m an advocate for just being conscious. I don’t take much of anything totally off the table so to speak, but before I eat something high in sugar, cholesterol, calories etc, I do a quick recap of what I’ve eaten over the last couple of days. If I had pizza yesterday, I’m not having it again today. How much have I eaten for breakfast and what did I have? When’s the last time I had a couple servings of veggies?

I think sometimes people think you either have to go on a regimented diet or just not care. I’ve had a good amount of success just trying to stay “casually aware” and making smart decisions based off that.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Up until my mid 20s, I paid no attention to what I ate. I graduated high school at 155 (5’10”) and came out of college only a few pounds more than that. It wasn’t until I crept up just shy of 200 in my mid to later 20s that I realized I had to be better.

In terms of food, I’m an advocate for just being conscious. I don’t take much of anything totally off the table so to speak, but before I eat something high in sugar, cholesterol, calories etc, I do a quick recap of what I’ve eaten over the last couple of days. If I had pizza yesterday, I’m not having it again today. How much have I eaten for breakfast and what did I have? When’s the last time I had a couple servings of veggies?

I think sometimes people think you either have to go on a regimented diet or just not care. I’ve had a good amount of success just trying to stay “casually aware” and making smart decisions based off that.

Pizza is a big one. I actually went from 180 down to 165 (5'10'' like you) by saying no to pizza. I eat more salads now but they are always smothered in a ton ranch though haha.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Wow, so what you’re telling me is that all it takes is common sense to have a healthy heart? What a fantatic article! Lol

 

[2CHAINZ]

Wow, so what you’re telling me is that all it takes is common sense to have a healthy heart? What a fantatic article! Lol

Stupid people lack common sense brother.
They eat shit and own no Bitcoin.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Wow, so what you’re telling me is that all it takes is common sense to have a healthy heart? What a fantatic article! Lol

Lifestyle factors can very easily override common sense. People are aware that it's bad to sleep only a few hours a night, but that doesn't mean you can just quit the 2nd job that pays your rent.

To say nothing of things like sugar/cholesterol/fat content in your diet, which is not at all driven by common sense (e.g. salads being perfectly capable of having a ton of sugar and fat).