Heart disease and weight loss

How to lose weight in heart disease?

Obesity carries a serious risk of complications for the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular patients should follow a diet specially developed for them. Cardiovascular patients should give up salty dishes.



In obese and overweight people, cardiac rhythm disorders occur more frequently than in people with normal weight, and circulatory insufficiency doubles. Arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, elevated cholesterol levels, coronary artery disease, heart attacks are often the consequences of untreated obesity.

Persons with cardiovascular diseases must ensure that their body weight is correct. In obese people, even with good arterial pressure, unfavourable changes in the heart develop, such as left ventricular hypertrophy.

A proper diet will help you lose weight.

A weight loss programme for obese or overweight people who suffer from heart diseases should be set by a doctor. However, there are general principles that apply to all patients.

Reduce daily calorie intake by 500-1000 kcal. For weight loss women the daily calorific demand is estimated at 1000 - 1200 kcal and for men at 1400 - 1800 kcal.

Eat regularly and slowly. Avoid eating between meals.

Your diet should consist primarily of vegetables, legumes and wholemeal products because they contain fiber and are saturating.

Select products containing unsaturated fats (sweet sunflower oil, soybean oil). This type of fat helps reduce arterial pressure, but due to its high calorie content it is recommended in small quantities.

Reduce the consumption of products containing a large amount of cooking salt (also avoid chips, nuts, etc.).

Prepare steaming, cooking without fat or baking in foil.

Frying and baking with a lot of fat has an adverse effect on the heart's work and promotes the development of atherosclerosis of blood vessels.

Restrict the consumption of fats and products of animal origin: red meat, sausages, offal, pâtés, poultry, game, fatty milk, butter and cheese containing saturated fatty acids to promote tying and increase in the level of' bad' cholesterol.

Replace meat meals with fatty sea fish - they contain omega-3 and omega-6 acids, which help to lower cholesterol levels.

Physical activity in heart disease is always indicated


The intensity of physical activity for people with heart disease should be determined by the physician. It is recommended to perform simple aerobic physical exercises of moderate intensity (walking, Nordic walking, outdoor homework, cycling).

They oxygenate the body and help to burn fatty tissue. This results in regular exercise of 20 to 60 minutes at least three times a week.

Pharmacological treatment can help

Pharmacological treatment may be an aid to weight loss treatment. In people with heart disease, the physician must be consulted and adjusted to the patient's needs if attempts of non-pharmacological treatment have failed. The main medicines in the treatment of obesity are drugs inhibiting appetite and drugs reducing absorption in intestines, but the decision about the type of pharmacological treatment belongs to the doctor.

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