I'm 26 and until recently, I have not been eating the right foods. I'm not overweight, but that obviously does not indicate what's happening in my body internally. Is it possible to turn things around? I spent the first 16 years eating practically anything and everything (including veggies) and the next 10 eating essentially *rap.
Is it too late???
If duct tape, band aids, or Tylenol can't fix this then you got a problem...
Of course you can turn things around, you're healthy and young and your body can weather more than an older person's. Usually bad habits start causing problems much later with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, GERD, etc. It's a good time to start getting healthy. At your next check-up, get your glucose and cholesterol levels checked.
Congratulations on starting to think about such things at your age, way earlier than I did it. It is not too late at 26 unless there are other factors like do you smoke? Do you exercise? Do you drink much? Is there a history of heart problems in your family? Do you have high blood pressure? What are your cholesterol and triglyceride levels? These factors, especially the smoking are much worse than a bad diet and take much longer to overcome. At your age especially if you are not overweight and as long as you do not smoke a little exercise and a good diet will make up for almost anything and it really does not take that long. Even moderate drinking is okay. But, (of course there is always a but) you should get a good complete physical so that you can answer the above questions. A doctor can look at your blood pressure and a perform few simple blood tests and listen to your heart and tell you what you need to do to insure your health. I managed to get all of my factors into acceptable range in a year after my physical and was in my mid thirties when I started.
No, it is not too late. I don't know your age group, but I know this: I was 52 when I started changing a lot of things: eating habits, more exercise, more conscious about the side effects of drugs. I can tell you about a few things I did to get my heart better, because I had the problem that it would skip beats and then resume beating very acclerated.
1.Take 1 Co-enzyme CQ-10, 100 mg, with 1000mg odorless garlic and 1 vitamin C-500 mg per day---it will not work over night, but studies have already proven that the blood pressure will drop(both values)within 10-12 weeks of starting this regimen. All 3 supplements are sold fairly inexpensive at WalMart stores.
2.Take a quality fish oil. A fish oil high in DHA will also help the heart, as well as help reduce cholesterol & triglycerides. I am taking 2 2000mg fish oil a day(Olympian Labs Mega Fish oil). The EPA in the fish oil is also acting as a bloodthinner which helps the heart.
3. Cayenne pepper. I take 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a glass of warm water every day. Cayenne is a powerful herb and inexpensive. Cayenne reduces cholesterol and triglycerides, raises the good cholesterol, improves the circulation, increases metabolism, repairs stomach tissue--you'll be amazed how much cayenne pepper does for the body. I am 58 years now and I do not take a single OTC drug or prescription drug and I am in excellent shape due to daily exercise. Just adding the above named 3 things to your daily regimen will help you regain heart health and possibly help lose weight. If you have any more questions about those things, you can email me, I'll be happy to try and help you. I do take a few other supplements too, such as Krill Oil, Calcium, and a multivitamin. But I learned on myself that the first three things above do work--it just takes a little longer than with drugs. Good luck....
have an mri done to make sure your arteries aren't clogged. if its not clogged then ur fine. ifts its clogged then you better start eating healthy. or do the ekg tredmill testing
A moment or never. The heart won't notice the difference. All it cares is how hard it has to push to get through the body mass. If the heart is damaged due to what you have done, then you will have to live with the damage for your entire life. It is remarkably hard to harm a heart, so you probably won't have a problem.
But do eat better. Everything in moderation.
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