Love your Heart

Did you know that the heart is one of the most important organs in your body? It literally keeps you alive!

Interesting facts about the human heart:

1. Your heart can still beat after it is removed from your body as it has its own electrical supply.
2. Close your fist - that is roughly the size of your heart as it typically weighs less than 500g, though a female heart is lighter by about 55g.
3. Laughter really is the best medicine! It is good for your heart, reduces stress, and boost your immune system.
4. A heart beats about 3 billion times in a lifetime!
5. Heart cancer is extremely rare as heart cells do not divide continuously.
6. Normal heats pump around 4 tablespoons of blood with each heartbeat.
7. Have you tried squeezing a tennis ball? That is how hard your heart has work to pump blood.
8. In a life time, your heart creates enough energy to drive to the moon and back!

Heart disease affects both men and women, but certain factors impact each gender differently.

Women

Women may experience different heart attack symptoms than men, such as shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, or fatigue. Due to hormonal changes, they are also more likely to develop heart disease after menopause.

Men

Men tend to be at a higher risk of heart disease at an earlier age. Factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and a family history of heart disease, can increase their risk.