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This document emphasizes the importance of exercise in preventing and managing heart disease and diabetes. It discusses the benefits of regular physical activity for heart health, including lowering blood pressure, raising hdl cholesterol, and reducing inflammation. It also provides guidance on getting started with exercise, determining target heart rate, and choosing the right activities.
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Having diabetes boosts your risk of a heart attack. Diabetes and heart disease have some of the same risk factors. These include high blood pressure and low HDL (“good”) cholesterol. Yet, there is also good news. Exercise can help your heart even if you’ve had a heart attack in the past.
There is no magic bullet to prevent heart disease. But, exercise is the next best thing. Here are some ways that regular exercise improves heart health:
If you already have heart disease, exercise has extra benefits:
Think of exercise as a free magic pill. And all of the side effects are good for you!
You may be able to start moderate exercise with just your doctor’s OK. This is likely true if you've never:
But if you want to do more intense exercise, you should have an exercise stress test first. (Read more at: http://www.onetouch.com/articles/healthyexercise.)
When you exercise, your heart should beat at a certain rate. This is called your target heart rate. Here’s how to figure it out:
How do you know if you are working hard enough? How can you tell if you are working too hard? Try the “talk test.” While exercising, you should be able to talk with ease. But, you should not be able to belt out a song.
Moderate exercise is just fine for most people. Vigorous exercise, such as running, can make you a better athlete. But, it can also raise the risks of heart attack and injury.
Common signs and symptoms include:
_Authored by Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System_