Healthy Heart in Women: Healthy Heart is...Good Life!

        Healthy heart in women is on track again, it is an open invitation to make gains without pains as you take concrete action towards ensuring that you are not taken unawares by some of those heart conditions resulting in the abrupt ending of many peoples’ lives; especially women. A little caring and taking of simple steps may save you from unforeseen troubles. Finding ourselves in an age of mass literacy, ‘light speed’ information and proven sophistication in orthodox medicine is enough reason to ensure that no one is caught in the web of heart related diseases. The healthy heart is a priceless possession; you must be prepared to go any length to preserve it.

          The story of Madam Lelliane Arimomba which happened several years ago is an unusual but effective example of how to attain your healthy heart desire at all costs. She had taken over her late husband’s import and export company a couple of months after his death. Being an accountancy graduate herself was an added advantage to her so she was able to grasp the basics of the business within a short time. On the other hand, she decided to close down her equally flourishing boutique which was located at heart of the city due to her inability to get a reliable hand that could manage it effectively.

         She continued as the Managing Director of the company for three solid years with little or no hitch, courtesy of her healthy heart in action. Then some problems started cropping up. Some of their items of importation had just been placed on the prohibition list by the Central Government and the goods had already arrived at the Warf waiting for clearance. The Board of Directors (B O D) of the company held series of meetings presided over by Madam Arimomba concerning what emergency steps to take in the face of the impending economic doom. At first, some officials of the Shipping Department promised to help in securing the clearance of the goods before the actual enforcement of the new law began.                                                                            

         Meanwhile Madam had started building up anxiety, restlessness and despair which had started rocking the walls of her healthy heart. Due to sleepless nights she started experiencing, she started consuming more alcohol than usual. Eventually, a letter came from the Shipping Department which read in part: “We are sorry to inform you that it may no longer be possible to secure the clearance of your goods, except in case of any new directive which is most unlikely for now…! This was the ‘last straw that broke the camel’s back’ as far as Madam was concerned.

        Her healthy heart seemed to have encountered failure as she passed out on hearing the latest development. However, a Medical Officer later announced: “To enable us treat your failing heart and high blood pressure successfully, you need to cut down on the consumption of alcohol, sugar and items with high cholesterol content.” Sounding a bit more absurd, he added, “Be prepared to take a two-week vacation abroad to refresh your body, mind and your heart! Before you return, take time to plan a new course of action for your company; great opportunities abound when you clear off all anxieties- this is not the end of the world…! About a year later, a friend of hers asked how she managed to recover and came off bubbling with strength and splendor. She replied, “Good Life restores your Healthy heart…!”

Healthy Heart In Women: Healthy Heart Is...Multidimensional!

      The topic of healthy heart in women is on again, like a moving train inviting the travelers to hop in without further delay! And that is the reality of the matter- informing you of the need to take the right step in the right direction towards enhancing healthy heart…now! The elders in our community use to say that there are three ‘seasons’ in a man’s life which include the ‘morning’, ‘afternoon’   and ‘evening’ times. (I can testify to it that African elders are ever vocal on any issue that affects their immediate communities without hesitations!). The ‘morning’ here refers to childhood followed by adulthood and old age respectively.

           Concerning the issue of healthy heart, some wise, discreet and philosophical men say that there are many dimensions to it which include the social, economic, scientific, technological and even philosophical dimensions! You may feel otherwise, but, come to think of it that all the organs in a man’s body are dependent on the viability of the healthy heart. A man that wakes up in the morning owes it to the fact that his healthy heart is still ‘keeping on’. The same goes with all other undertakings of the day from sunrise to sunset. When you are endowed with healthy heart, you are able to pursue such profitable projects that may enable you to become economically viable. The Scientists have been kept busy and unrelenting in their bid to comprehend the operation and complexities of the healthy heart.

           There is this story of a wise old woman who lived about a century ago in a remote African village; by name Mama Nilikenga. She was said to have lived up to an incredible age of 135years and that her sense of reasoning did not diminish up to the time she took her last breath! She is described as peace loving and always viewing matters in relation to the heart. For example she used to advise young people to imbibe good behavior so that their healthy heart could see them through to both ‘afternoon’ and ‘evening seasons of their lives! She was also fond of asking such questions as, ‘have you counted your heart beats today?’ Have you listened to what your heart is saying today?’ All these are no doubt philosophical perspectives…

          The story goes on that the wise old woman used to receive visitors from far and near, especially wealthy men and women who wanted to come and verify what they already heard about her philosophical dispositions. At the end they would have been more than satisfied! She was said to live in a beautifully constructed house that no one knew how and when the house was built. Further more, she was said to possess astounding scientific tendencies which enabled her to make non-pharmaceutical ‘prescriptions’ in respect healthy heart- related ailments.

           For example, she would say, ‘you need to stop taking salt (or smoking; etc…) for the next so and so months to restore your healthy heart to good shape’, and the ‘patient’ would end up for the better! One day a learned man from far away came to visit her and she asked him, ‘In exchange for political or economic prowess, are you willing to trade off your healthy heart…?!        

Healthy Heart in Women: Healthy Heart Vs Burning Heart!

Healthy heart in women is it, but the benefits therein extend to all and sundry. The young, the elderly; (you really don’t get old when you are equipped with healthy heart!), the rich, the not-so-rich,  (you may argue this out for all you care if I say again that you are potentially rich and not really poor when you are endowed with healthy heart!); whatever category you place yourself, you are not left out. I tell you indeed, just try and listen carefully to the air or to the ground; if you know how to do it, so you can perceive the unmistakable sound of healthy heart raging stronger and stronger each day.                                                                                                                                                                                       

        The reason for this development is not far fetched. In recent times, experts are discovering from various researches that a greater percentage of deaths among mankind are resulting from problems relating to healthy heart. Many professional bodies have also been making clarion calls to all (of us who are still quite lucky to be alive!) to listen, adjust to and adopt life portraying healthy habits, to start gradual practice of healthy activity as well as indulgence in moderate consumption of healthy and nutritious food items. The right time is now because no one knows what happens the next moment.          

        There are various systems of the body operating and performing specific functions towards the enhancement of healthy heart. Some of the systems include: the digestive, nervous, circulatory, excretory and skeletal systems, to mention a few- all largely dependent on the healthy heart to perform their functions adequately. On the other hand, the healthy heart also needs the ‘cooperation’ of the other adjoining organs to be able to perform its functions maximally. Taking a closer look at the digestive system, we all know the vital roles being played by the mouth, esophagus, small intestine, liver, and the other related organs of the body.                                                                                                   

     Digestion actually takes place in the small intestine where the food is broken down and converted into such form that can be absorbed by the intestinal wall into the blood stream which is kept running courtesy of the unrelenting pumping force of the healthy heart. From there, it is transported by the microscopic capillaries which later converge into the portal vein that enters into the liver. At that point, the liver helps in further refining the digested food and stores it in the body for subsequent use. What you are required to know here is how to select easily digestible healthy and nutritious food items that include fresh fruits and vegetables. 

      Women mostly hold the responsibility of choosing food items for the family and thus in the right position to contribute towards enhancing healthy heart in the whole family. Improper functioning of the digestive system could result in that painful feeling known as ‘heart burn’. It could also be caused by excess acidity in the stomach. To overcome it, observe such foods that result in the feeling and avoid them. However, you also need to avoid alcohols, over cooked or fried foods and acidic foods like lemon. Dear women, try and promote healthy heart today!   

Healthy Heart in Women: Make A 'Hearlthy Heart Switch'...Now!

 The topic of healthy heart in women is ever interesting, thought provoking and intriguing. Dear woman, I wish you to be more dedicated to the issue at hand; not only to take positive steps towards reversing the trend of high mortality among women due to heart conditions, but also to enlighten the up-coming generation-both male and female. After all it is believed that “when you enlighten a man, it is for just a person; but when you enlighten a woman, it reflects on the larger community”-I hope it is so in this case.

            I tell you, we are in an ultra dynamic world where new inventions are coming up everyday; every woman is entitled to living with healthy heart. Man has made a lot of achievements in various spheres of life resulting in easy access to (various channels of) information, modern methods of farming that can guarantee sufficient food (including fruits, vegetables and different kinds of animals) production. In addition, excellent medical facilities are now available in various parts of the world for detecting, diagnosing and treatment of different kind of diseases that used to be unattainable some years ago. It is obvious therefore that the first impediment to be overcome is ignorance! Check out this short story and see what you can make of it:

           Lady Merlia, daughter of Chief Bezumendey a renown industrialist was well known for her elegance, affluence, beauty and probably a healthy heart- that was some years ago. At 32 and single, she had just assumed the mantle of leadership of her father’s multinational industrial conglomerate. Her father was being hospitalized in an orthopedic hospital far away in an overseas country due to injuries he sustained from a ghastly road accident in his favorite black Mercedes Benz 500 S E L sports. In the present world of glamour and automation, you need a healthy mind to sustain your healthy heart…

               Merlia had so much work on her hand as she had to maintain their duplex home with an army of aides on one side and the gigantic workforce of her father’s industrial outfit on the other. At first, she seemed to be in perfect control. Then one day, she slumped at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company. If you are endowed with a healthy heart today, take good care of it.

      THE ULTIMATE SWITCH

                She stirred up slowly after some hours on a hospital bed and the Doctor announced, ‘Lady, from the preliminary test conducted; there are indications that you have a weak heart, due to high blood pressure (!) Therefore, you need to take time off all those piles of duties of yours and take some rest. You must stop taking any alcohol henceforth and delegate at least 50% of your official duties to others whenever you return to work. Furthermore, you must restrain yourself from unnecessary expression of anger, hysteria or anxiety in order to make our medical treatment effective…’ She nodded slowly in acceptance. I see such development as a step of ‘healthy switch to a healthy heart!’                

Healthy Heart in Women: ‘Mechanics‘of Healthy Heart

        The topic of healthy heart in women is always quite inspiring and inexhaustible. Naturally, a woman is ‘ever busy’ on the home front, taking care of the household equipment and the kids on one side and responsible to the husband on the other hand. In fact, it is usual to refer to a lot of women (in their most active years) as ‘workaholic’ going by the enormity of duties they perform at home; which are also being mostly combined with other external undertakings like business activities or official duties. In essence, an average woman is always ‘on the move’ whether within or away from home!

         The same thing goes with healthy heart, which remains ‘committed’ to its duties relentlessly. Though the average size of an adult’s heart is about two fists clenched together, the (life time) job it performs is astounding; even unimaginable! As long as you are alive, you can be considered to be a living being ‘in motion’ even when you are asleep (!) Did I hear you ask ‘how?’ Oh yes! Remember the non-stop traffic going on within your body system…generally referred to as ‘blood circulation’. Think of it, the process (of heart beats) started right from your embryonic form through the months of pregnancy and from your childhood to old age- that’s quite legendary! No matter how new or powerful a car may be the engine can not run successfully without a functional oil pump supplying oil to the engine as healthy and nutritious food.

         Talking about healthy heart in women, I remember a lady colleague who suddenly fell ill a few years ago. We were taken unawares by the development. She had always been well known to be lively and bubbling with strength. However, she had been keeping a lingering (heart) problem she was encountering to herself until the situation became unbearable. She had been encountering difficulty in breathing at night hours and feeling uncomfortable lying down-whichever side tried to lie on. Both problems are symptoms that point to a breeding heart condition. So she resorted to the use of sleeping tablets! One carelessness too many! Though she was in her late twenties with just a kid, she was diagnosed with high cholesterol content in her body system which was accompanied with blood clotting, we were all shattered!

      Before any concrete arrangement could be put up to save her life, she was gone! If you are known to be strong and excelling in a healthy physical activity like being an international athlete, a boxer, a soccer star, a wrestler, whatever-even a public speaker! It is possible courtesy of your healthy heart. I hope you remember that, at the time you are involved in a healthy physical activity, your heart beats faster and in essence pumps faster thereby pumping larger volume of blood to the parts in action, hand, leg, etc. So the issues of healthy activity, healthy and nutritious food consumption and making sure you confide in the experts (that is medical, in this case!) whenever there is an unusual development in your body system should be strictly observed and put into action- that, indeed is ‘mechanics’ of healthy heart!  

Healthy Heart in Women-The Mega Heart Beats!

         The discussion on healthy heart in women remains endless. It can only end when human race ceases to exist on the surface of the earth. While the brain serves as the ‘control tower’, the heart is indisputably the ‘power house’ of the body. Without mincing words, the power house supersedes the control tower in many aspects. Ordinarily, people whose brains stopped functioning rationally still live on, they remain as ‘living beings’ though with remarkable degree of invalidity.

              However, no one can keep on existing without the heart-even for an hour! Any part of the body that suffers short supply of blood (being supplied by the healthy heart of course!) will certainly cease to function immediately. The irony of an average family is that the man (husband) could be likened to the ‘control tower’ of the family while the woman in the home can be likened to the ‘power house’ of the family; considering the enormity of her duties. You are entitled to your opinion-I’ve just expressed mine harmlessly!       

         The healthy heart has to keep pumping blood to ensure that the body lives on. The blood is the means of transporting digested food items from the small intestine with oxygen to all the tissues and organs of the body where they will be converted to energy for the use of the body (to promote growth, body protection, healing and replacement of damaged cells and tissues.) At the same time, many waste materials like carbon dioxide, nitrogen compounds and some others are hauled away from various body tissues to be ejected from the body.

          Oxygen is a vital element that enhances the functions of the blood in the body. As the arteries transport the blood from the healthy heart, it is mixed with oxygen from the lungs before being distributed to all parts of the body through the capillaries, which constitute a gigantic network of microscopic tubes spreading all over the body. Eventually, they pass the blood to the veins which are bigger tubes like the arteries, to return the blood into the heart. Waste materials from various parts of the body are transported by the blood to the kidneys for ejection from the body while carbon dioxide is dropped into the lungs to be exhaled out of the body through the mouth and the nose.

         The essence of making the above descriptions is to remind us of the fact that the blood being conveyed round the body is ever busy conveying one item or the other to the body while it also clears other ‘unwanted’ (waste materials) from various parts of the body. Women have more vital roles to play here in ensuring that only healthy food items are prepared for the family. They need to promote healthy heart by avoiding the intake of poisonous (poorly prepared and packaged) food and drinks which may have adverse effect on the heart. An average healthy heart of an adult beats about 70 times a minute. In a single day, the heart-beats take place over a hundred thousand times, you may call it ‘the mega- heart beats!’            

Test

Test