Is stress affecting the heart and eating unhealthy foods harmful?

Dr. Hazem Khamis, Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart Institute, and General Director of Cardiology Departments at the Health Care Authority, warned about stress, because it is considered one of the most dangerous factors that ‘ affect the heart. Heart healthIt causes damage to the heart, such as: high blood pressure, increased heart rate, exposing you to heart attacks, broken heart syndrome or a broken heart.

He explained, in an exclusive statement to “Youm7,” that experiencing psychological stress leads to… Heart failure Dissection of the aorta affects the heart muscle itself and may lead to life itself.

Egyptians are advised to follow the following recommendations:

First: Eat a healthy diet full of vegetables and water

Second: Avoid saturated fat and don’t cook with ghee or vegetable oil

Third: Exercise, at least walking.

Fourth: Quit smoking completely

The Egyptians must be aware of the dangers Heart disease And follow the necessary steps to prevent a heart attack by changing the lifestyle, explaining that those who suffer from obesity must lose weight, and that the person who smoking stop smoking of all kinds as it is currently widespread among Egyptians, and control cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes, control fat, exercise, and avoid fast food .

He said: Therefore, the Egyptians suffer from early atherosclerosis, which affects young people at a young age of 20, 30, and 40 years, explaining that 90% of the causes of atherosclerosis from to eat, and quality of life from being exposed to mental and nervous tension and psychological and nervous pressures for the Egyptians All this has led to an increase in emergency incidents in adults and children.

He said that we must remember the number 5000, which is the result of your age multiplied by the harmful cholesterol of low density, and if it reaches the number 5000, this means that you have reached the level of atherosclerosis, because it must be less than 5000 because in this way your arteries are protected and your heart is protected.