read the following extract carefully: exercise your way to a healthy heart
1. the epidemic of heart attacks has been attaining alarming proportions in recent times grave concern specially to the medical fraternity.
2. to obtain a control the increasing death and disability from heart attacks and to focus on public awareness and their involvement at global level, the world health organization (who) and the world heart federation observed september 24th as the world heart day.
3. what causes heart attacks? doctor h.s. wasir, chief cardiologist and medical director, berrymore hospital and medical research center lists for main habits which adversely affect the heart health. these are lack of physical exercise, wrong eating habits, cigarette smoking an access of alcohol consumption, and stressful lifestyle.
4. the importance of physical exercise in minimizing the incidence of heart attacks cannot be underestimated. physical exercise can, says dr. wasser plays a major role in achieving a long and healthy life in general and prevention of heart attacks in particular. there are several studies showing that physically active people have higher longivity than those sedentary or physically inactive. in fact, the review of modern medical literature sums up the role of physical activity in health as regular physical exercise adds not only years to life but also life to years. it is the experience of many modern day physicians that some patients of chest pain or discomfort on physical or mental exertion or after meals do get relief with regularly done physical exercise.
5. what type of physical exercise and how much, one may ask. it is the isotonik dynamic exercise that is beneficial for the heart and not the isometric is static exercise which should be avoided by heart patients. weight lifting, carrying heavy suitcases while traveling, pushing a car are some of the examples of isometric exercises. examples of the beneficial type of physical activity dynamic exercise are brisk walking’s, swimming, golf without power cards, badminton and tennis doubles for those with old heart attacks but fully recovered, to be started only after physician’s advice.
6. walking is the best mode of doing regular physical exercise which requires no equipment, money, material or membership of a club ! 30 to 60 minutes brisk walk even on alternate days has been proven to be beneficial. stationary cycling or walking on a treadmill at home are the other alternatives
7. walking up the stairs instead of using a lift if going up to three or four floors or getting off the lift two or three floors before the destination and walking up the rest through stairs. going up several floors in a overcrowded lifter with the limited fresh air to be shared by so many may also prove unhealthy.
8. kindly park a little away from the workplace and walk that healthy distance. 9. best time for brisk walks would be the early morning before the traffic flow picks up and walking in the parks with thick plantation. jogging on the roads with heavy traffic should be avoided as you will be inhaling air polluted with the toxins from vehicular exhaust such as dioxides of sulfur and nitrogen
10. before starting any physical exercise programs for the first time, one must get fully evaluated by a cardiologist so as to avoid any harm being done by exercise if there is serious underlying heart disease needing treatment.
5.1 make notes on the above passage in a suitable format using recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary. assign a suitable heading to the passage.
5.2 make a summary of the passage.
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