Eating fresh and varied
Eating a heart-friendly diet doesn’t mean you have to give up everything. Enjoy the colorful variety of healthy foods and try something new. Cook as freshly as possible and make sure that you process more nutritious and low-calorie foods. Give priority to plant-based foods and vary the ingredients according to your mood. In this way you eat as balanced as our professionals, provide the body with all the important nutrients and, thanks to the fresh preparation, avoid unnecessary additives such as sugar, flavor enhancers or preservatives.
Move as much as possible
Physical activity lowers blood pressure, has a positive effect on the metabolism and gets the circulation going. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends taking 30 minutes of exercise every day. Going for a brisk half-hour walk every day is enough to keep your heart fit. Also try to integrate more exercise into your everyday life in general: take the stairs instead of the elevator or ride a bike instead of a car. Try different activities, such as outdoor fitness or swimming. The latter not only strengthens your heart and endurance, it also protects your joints. Make sure that you always consult your family doctor if you exercise a lot. Because you should always only engage in physical activity to a healthy extent and within the scope of your individual possibilities.
check-ups
High cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes encourage deposits in the arteries. Appropriate prevention or correct treatment of these impairments is all the more important. Regular check-ups are one of the most important measures against heart disease. This is the only way doctors can take countermeasures in good time to maintain heart health. Our professionals also undergo regular cardiological and orthopedic checks. As part of the sports medical examination, which takes place at least once a year, our team doctors put our players through their paces in order to identify problems at an early stage. In the cardiology specialist practice At the AOK, the doctors treat exactly these heart and circulatory diseases. In addition, there is a close exchange with the specialist staff in the Center for Health in order to guarantee exclusive and optimal care for those insured with the AOK Nordost.
Would you like to be checked out by our team doctors? Then we have just the right thing for you: In the current Mach Dich Hertha! competition we are giving away a sports medical examination by our team doctor. To participate go here.