4 Things That Age the Heart and 2 Changes to Reverse It

4 Things That Age the Heart and 2 Changes to Reverse It
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Heart aging is no longer a disease of the elderly. Its onset age is continually younger. Heart aging may cause heart failure and sudden death. To protect our heart, we can start by adjusting our diet and exercising our “second human heart.”

4 Reasons for Premature Aging of the Heart

Heart aging takes place when the heart is healthy in general but its functions are declining, and its response to external factors is also becoming slower. For instance, the heart of a 60-year-old still has good endurance, so they can run slowly for an hour. However, as their heart has become less elastic, a sudden sprint will be impossible.

Under normal circumstances, the human heart begins to age after one turns 60 years old.

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