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Drinking more water in middle age keeps the heart strong in old age, research says

 Bethesda: European experts say that if you want to keep your heart healthy and strong, make it a habit to drink plenty of water which can keep the heart in good condition throughout life.


Experts from the National Institutes of Health and other European countries, after conducting a study, said that in order to avoid heart failure in particular, one should include excessive use of water in one's habit. This condition causes the heart to gradually weaken. In heart failure, the heart's ability to pump blood is impaired and daily routines are severely affected.



According to a report published in the European Heart Journal, abundant use of fluids, especially water, throughout life protects against future heart disease. Earlier, low-salt diets were included in the same category, but now Natalia Dmitriva, a cardiologist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, has studied her dehydration and pre-muscular muscles. Has discovered the relationship between the severity of

They surveyed 15,000 men between the ages of 45 and 66 who were at risk for atherosclerosis from 1987 to 1989. Since then, hospital visits and medical care have been reviewed for the next 25 years.


The study specifically included the habit of drinking water in all participants. Initially, no one had any symptoms of heart disease, including diabetes, obesity and heart failure. Going forward, a total of 1366 or 11% people were caught with some kind of heart disease.


On the one hand, participants were asked about drinking water, on the other hand, serum sodium was measured in the body because drinking less water increases the amount of sodium in the body and also increases the risk of heart disease, including heart failure and Diseases of the heart muscle include thickening and thinning.


The risk of heart disease was found to be gradually higher in middle-aged people whose serum sodium levels were below the normal range of 135 to 146 ml of equivalent valentine per liter in middle age, ie one percent increase in serum sodium heart failure. The risk can increase up to 5%.


A special study of 5,000 people between the ages of 70 and 90 found that in middle age, if they had an equivalent valentine's rate of 142.5 to 143 per liter, their risk of bi ventricular dysfunction or hypertrophy increased by 62%. went. All of these conditions weaken the heart and push a healthy person towards heart failure.


For this reason, experts have emphasized that if you want to avoid heart disease and especially heart failure, then increase the amount of water after the age of 40 so that your heart will remain strong for the next decades.