04/05/2025
Boosting Health Awareness – Let us take Action Now.
The weather is gradually improving, which can awaken uncurbed appetites. Listening to our taste bud's requests is vital to making beneficial choices rather than satisfying the palate. There is a price to pay for every unhealthy mouthful, such as sending indirect invitations to our arch enemies known as diabetes, heart disease and obesity, all of which do not make polite visits but come for a long-term residency in order to deliver their blow of destruction. As the sun shines, informed, healthy choices will deter the unwanted guests of disease. Remember to stay away from empty calories laced in sugary foods, toxic food colours meant to stir desire for consumption, fizzy drinks that do not quench thirst and junk food that is devoid of nutritional value. Instead, reach for a plain glass of water for hydration; your heart will thank you. Choose healthier sources of sweetness such as organic honey, unrefined sugar, smaller portions, and the thoughtful use of fast foods – if you must. The current burden of disease for heart conditions in the United Kingdom:
"Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that's more than 170,000 deaths each year – an average of 480 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK" (BHF, 2025).
In the United States:
"One person dies every 33 seconds from cardiovascular disease. In 2022, 702,880 people died from heart disease. That's the equivalent of 1 in every 5 deaths" (CDC, 2024).
In China:
330 million people live with heart disease ( The Writing Committee of the Report on Cardiovascular Health and Diseases in China, Sheng-Shou Hu, 2023).
Everyone must take action; if we improve dietary options for every meal, the statistics can be altered, one choice at a time.
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