14 Bad Habits That Can Ruin Your Heart
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Today, I’m going to cover the top unhealthy habits that can ruin heart health.
1. Believing everything you read on labels
Food labels can be misleading. Even foods marketed as essential to a heart-healthy diet may have damaging health effects.
2. Staying out of the sun
Avoiding the sun can lower your vitamin D levels. Vitamin D is one of the most important vitamins for supporting a healthy body, including cardiovascular health.
3. Excessive sitting
A fascinating study shows a sedentary lifestyle may increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
4. Overusing medication
Consider working with a doctor who is open to natural alternatives for various conditions.
5. Snacking
Snacking before bed ruins your ability to burn fat while you sleep. Fat burning occurs mainly at night!
6. Drinking too much water
Drinking too much water while on a low-salt diet can dilute an important electrolyte: sodium.
7. Ignoring dental care
Certain studies have found dental bacteria in arterial plaque. Tooth infections can also lead to health issues.
8. Mouth breathing
Nose breathing may help you sleep better at night—good sleep is vital for heart health.
9. Exposure to microplastics
Microplastics are everywhere and have become a big issue. It has been found that the average person has microplastics in their blood.
10. Feeling out of breath when exercising
Feeling out of breath very quickly when exercising could be a sign of a heart issue you should not ignore.
11. Jet lag
Jet lag dramatically affects sleep cycles and can lead to fluid retention. If you fly frequently, taking niacin may help, and vitamin D3 may also be beneficial for jet lag.
12. Excessive cardio without rest
Sustained pulse rate exercise is hard on the heart and body.
13. Secondhand smoke exposure
Secondhand smoke can increase the risk of heart attack by 25-30%.
14. Consuming refined foods
Magnesium is one of the most important nutrients for the heart. But refined foods deplete magnesium.
Along with avoiding these unhealthy habits, try incorporating cold immersion therapy, managing stress, and improving your sleep to promote a healthy heart and reduce your risk of a heart problem. You can also discover more about truly heart-healthy foods in my other podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about the 14 bad habits that can potentially ruin your heart. |
| 0:05.4 | Let's get to number one. Believing everything you read on labels. |
| 0:08.8 | Let's start off with this one right here. Corn oil. How can this be heart healthy? What in here helps your |
| 0:14.2 | heart? This is industrial processed seed oil that has been highly refined and |
| 0:19.7 | apparently this stays on the shelf for a long time. Do you realize that an average person |
| 0:23.9 | consumes eight of these every year? That's like between 25 and 30% of our |
| 0:30.1 | calories. This is a gallon and this is supposed to be healthy for a heart. |
| 0:33.6 | Here's another one that's healthy for your heart. instant oatmeal. You're talking a lot of |
| 0:37.6 | sugar in here and it's said heart healthy. And here we have another one, honey and nut Cheerios, just different combinations of ingredients, including sugar. |
| 0:46.6 | I like this. Grandma makes my heart happy. |
| 0:51.8 | That's good marketing. Both seed oils and these whole grains are high in |
| 0:56.0 | omega six and omega six is pro-inflammatory. It creates inflammation and on top of that |
| 1:01.3 | they're going to add all this extra sugar and refined starches. |
| 1:05.0 | I highly doubt it's going to lower your cholesterol. |
| 1:08.0 | In fact, it may just increase your cholesterol. |
| 1:10.0 | But I think you should personally just consume it and then retest your cholesterol and see what it really does. |
| 1:14.5 | All right, number two, stay out of the sun, use suntan lotion, sun can cause cancer. |
| 1:20.5 | Stay away from it. Well, this is going to reduce our vitamin D, thereby increasing |
| 1:25.1 | our risk for heart attacks by roughly 32% based on a study that I'm going to put down below. |
| 1:31.3 | In fact, one of the best remedies for high blood pressure is vitamin D. |
| 1:34.5 | So avoiding the sun is not a good idea. Let's get to number three. Excessive sitting or a sedentary lifestyle. |
| 1:41.6 | There's a fascinating study that shows an increased risk of heart |
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