{"id":4580,"date":"2023-03-13T22:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T22:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gray-dotterel-955238.hostingersite.com\/?page_id=4580"},"modified":"2023-05-08T21:37:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T21:37:41","slug":"weight-a-silent-heart-risk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/weight-a-silent-heart-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight: A Silent Heart Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It\u2019s long been known that when you\u2019re overweight, you\u2019re more apt to develop conditions like\u00a0high blood pressure<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0diabetes\u00a0<\/a>that can lead to heart disease. Now researchers have shown that excess weight is more than an \u201caccomplice\u201d in the development of heart problems. The pounds themselves can cause heart muscle injury.<\/p>

\u201cBasically, being obese seems to be a \u2018solo player\u2019 associated with heart injury\u2014that is, regardless of high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and diabetes,\u00a0\u201cDown the road, this can lead to heart failure.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

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The Weight\u2013Heart Failure Connection<\/span><\/h2>

Heart failure is the organ\u2019s inability to keep up efficiently with the demands placed on it. And it\u2019s becoming more and more common. \u201cLots of factors can cause heart failure, and the obesity epidemic is likely a contributor,\u201d. By 2030, one in five adults may have heart failure.<\/p>

It\u2019s new thinking that obesity itself can lead to heart failure\u2014even in the absence of known markers for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and elevated cholesterol.<\/p>

How Doctors Know the Obesity Risk<\/span><\/h2>

Injured heart muscle cells release an enzyme called troponin T. Doctors measure this in the blood when someone is suspected of having a heart attack. Now new, highly sensitive lab tests can measure troponin at much lower levels.<\/p>

This development enabled researchers to measure the troponin levels as well as body mass index (BMI) in more than 9,500 adults, ages 53 to 73, who were free of heart disease.<\/p>

They found that higher BMI was strongly linked to higher troponin levels. Over 12 years, those who were the most obese (BMI of 35 or higher) developed the most heart failure. So did those who had the highest levels of troponin. And those who were both the most obese and had high troponin levels were nine times more likely to develop heart failure than those who had normal weight and undetectable troponin, the researchers reported in a study published in the\u00a0Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure<\/em>.<\/p>

Even being somewhat overweight put people at higher risk, the study\u2019s lead investigator. And the more extra weight, the more risk, a connection that was very clear for the obese and very obese.<\/p><\/div>

Watch Weight, Lower Heart Risk<\/span><\/h2>

Patients and doctors alike often think \u201ceverything\u2019s OK\u201d in the absence of diabetes or hypertension. \u201cBut there may be silent heart injury going on, Take extra pounds seriously with these steps.<\/p>

  • \u2666<\/span> Try to lose weight (if overweight) or control weight.<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s one of the best strategies we now know of to reduce heart failure down the road,\u201d\u00a0<\/li>
  • \u2666<\/span> Know your heart disease risk.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s smart to have your heart risk assessed and \u201cknow your numbers\u201d (BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol).<\/li>
  • \u2666<\/span> If you\u2019re obese, be watchful for signs of heart failure.<\/strong>\u00a0These include fatigue, shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat.<\/li>
  • \u2666<\/span> Realize that all weight loss helps.<\/strong>\u00a0For every five-point increase in BMI, the risk of heart failure rose by 32 percent in the study.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s long been known that when you\u2019re overweight, you\u2019re more apt to develop conditions like\u00a0high blood pressure\u00a0or\u00a0diabetes\u00a0that can lead to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-4580","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"col-md-12"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6558,"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4580\/revisions\/6558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/draramideherbalcure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}