In the past we have discussed the importance of siesta to make our heart to rest more and eliminate stress from our day. The siesta is a tradition that many people follow to the letter and forms an indispensable part of your life. If we forgive those who do not have a good nap, it is important to bear in mind one thing, the siesta is relaxing, but it slows down the metabolism so doing we run a big risk to gain weight.

The siesta takes place after dinner, and occurs because the blood is concentrated in the stomach just because of the digestion. This makes the rest of the body is in a state of relaxation that facilitates sleep. It is important to know this and bear in mind that it is not mandatory nap if we are to maintain active metabolism and digestion to perform much faster.

The time of day that takes place nap is one of the most delicate, since it is usually when the metabolism begins to function normally slower. If we take a nap so we will accelerate the slowdown and thus promote the accumulation of more fat and less burning of calories from our body. Nap for this reason would be contrary to all our strategies to maintain active metabolism throughout the day. Having a nap is difficult to re-activate them at all, since the tendency of the organism is to slow down more and more expensive at night.

To avoid sleep due after we eat is important that forces us to be active and diverted attention to something else. A good example would be after dinner stand up to wash the dishes used for food. Go for a walk, clean the house ourselves … What we must not do is sit down, because we thus promoting longer want to sleep alone appear after eating. It is essential that we bear that in mind if you're looking for is to lose those extra kilos that we had, since napping, throwing the food will take longer to digest, finally gained more.

Viton Recently we have begun a series of articles related to cardiovascular health, in particular on the risks that predispose to a disease of this type and how to modify our lifestyles in order to win points for our health.

Opens the list the only coronary risk factor coded, family history. It has been scientifically shown that in cases of hypertension, type II diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, factors related to cardiovascular disease development, there is a genetic component.

Coronary artery disease appears to have a predisposing genetic factor and a tendency to be familial. Although it is difficult to determine whether the genetic code is involved or environmental influences, may have reason to believe that persons with documented family history are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease.

Therefore, people have a risk factor if there has been any family history of myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization (bypass) or sudden death:

• Biological father or other male first-degree relatives (siblings or children) before age 55.
• Biological mother or other first-degree female relative before age 65.

This genetic component is a non-modifiable risk factor, which is why people with a higher genetic predisposition to be more emphasis on developing healthy living habits and affecting those risk factors you can control.

You can minimize the risk of heart disease considerably outside the family history while maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle, by exercising regularly, taking adequate nutrition and avoiding snuff.

According to risk stratification of coronary heart disease, those males under 45 and women under 55 who have only one risk factor (in this case a family history) are must consider individuals with a low risk. It now has a moderate risk when you do 45 years for men and 55 for females or when you have at least two risk factors.

Clearly therefore the importance of daily care, if we have a family history, to avoid other factors, and if not, to maintain our health and delay the onset of these.

More info | Heart Foundation
Bibliography | Manual NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association)