3rd Asian Cardiology Congress

  Can depression increase the risk of cardiac diseases?      Depression is usually a feeling of despondency and sad. It includes the illness that shows impact on lifestyle in many ways. Depression is not most common but in fact one can suffer from depression at some point of life. In this situation people should be aware that long term depression poses greater risk to physical health, most commonly to cardiac health. According to the cardiovascular research studies at Intermountain Heart Institute people who face long term depression are at major risk of heart diseases .    The signs and symptoms of depression comprise change in mood suddenly, increased or decreased sleep awaken pattern, decreased or increased desire for food, lack of attention, negative thoughts, urge for suicide and lack of energy. The most common symptom is lack of interest on self-care they rather neglect it often. This results in the intake of unhealthy diet, poor sleep and decreased...

  What foods should be avoided to prevent coronary heart disease? Unusual working of heart , damaged and narrowed arteries leads to coronary heart diseases. Heart diseases have become common in people of all age groups. The main causes of heart diseases are old age, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity etc. Researchers have found that maximum number of people have adapted unhealthy food which had led to maximum heart disease cases across the world. The following are the various foods which have to be avoided by heart patients. Foods to be avoided: Butter Non-dairy creamers Fried foods Processed meats Pastries Junk foods High-sodium foods Packaged meals Dairy products with high cholesterol such as butter, heavy cream are really bad for the heart as they produce high amounts of cholesterol. Processed meat such as red meat is also risky for the heart health . Avoiding the above mentioned foods and following a proper diet can help prevent heart disea...