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Harvard Researcher Reveals an Unusual Habit to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
This one simple thing will reduce heart attack risk by 96%
I always thought that heart disease affected people in their 50s and 60s, but my perception has changed. In the last few months, I have heard of people in their 20s and 30s suffering from heart attacks.
These incidents occurred in unexpected places — at , , and even .
As soon as the news broke that someone had died in the gym, people immediately began blaming the gym for these heart attacks without a second thought.
It's not impossible for someone who goes to the gym to suffer a heart attack. Strenuous physical activity can be a sudden shock for someone who has been inactive for years, and sometimes putting the body under such stress suddenly leads to a heart attack.
India is a country with one of the lowest gym adoption rates in the World. But it’s not that Indians are not inclined towards healthy habits. Instead, most of them prefer walking as their primary form of exercise.
The government has been taking many steps to keep people healthy by free Yoga instructors, dietitians, and Ayurvedic doctors in many government hospitals.
