Introduction: What is Coronary Heart Disease?
With cardiovascular diseases being the number one cause of deaths around the world, understanding the diseases, their risks and possible preventative actions can help an individual protect himself from the diseases. The research presented in this paper will focus on providing knowledge about coronary heart disease.
Coronary heart disease, the most common of cardiovascular diseases, takes place when the coronary arteries become clogged with fatty substances such as plaque or atheroma. Also known as ischaemic heart disease,
Atherosclerosis (the process of gradual plaque build-up on the inner walls of the arteries) causes the arteries to become narrow, thus allowing less room for the blood flow, preventing blood from reaching the heart. The decrease of blood in the heart can then induce chest pain, or angina. A blood clot may start to form in the arteries as a result of the blood flow restrictions, completely blocking the blood supply, and increase the risk of a heart attack. The following discussion will provide information on coronary heart disease, its ¬¬¬relativity with diet, analyses of the countries it has affected and reasons why, its prevalence in Australia and ¬¬¬¬¬ how it can be prevented. Discussion: A. How is diet related to Coronary Heart Disease? Diet can heavily affect heart heath and is indeed one of the biggest risk factors of, not just coronary heart disease, but heart disease in general. Heart health, just like general body health, depends on the types of foods you eat. There are a number of diet-related risks, including high cholesterol levels, diabetes and obesity. An individual’s choice of foods can either increase his risks of coronary heart disease, or protect him from it. For example, certain types of fat consumed, like saturated fats or trans fats, can increase blood cholesterol and heart attacks, whereas polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats lower the risk of heart attacks instead. A diet high in saturated and trans fats will likely heighten low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. A lipoprotein is a combination of cholesterol and protein (lipid + protein), and come in two types. When there is more protein in the lipoprotein than cholesterol, it is called a high density lipoprotein, or HDL. When there is more cholesterol in the lipoprotein than protein, it is known as a low density lipoproteins, or LDL. LDL cholesterol, or ‘bad’ cholesterol, often leads to plaque forming on arteries, whereas ‘HDL’ cholesterol, the good cholesterol, assists the body in removing cholesterol and makes it more difficult for plaque to form in the arteries. Because saturated fats and trans fats tend to increase LDL cholesterol, it is wise to maintain a healthy diet and avoid eating excess saturated fats like animal products and processed foods in order to help prevent chances of atherosclerosis. Maintaining a healthy diet is important for a healthy heart. B. How has Coronary Heart Disease affect the world? According to the World Health …show more content…
This is 17.5 million deaths worldwide, with 7.4 million caused by coronary heart disease. With this data it is fit to say that coronary heart disease does indeed negatively affect a fair part of the world. Out of the 189-196 countries of the world, a good 40 countries have high death rates out of the total 192 countries affected by coronary heart disease (World Life Expectancy, 2011). And every year, hospitals around the world treat a large number of 3.7 million heart disease patients. The total estimated economic cost is approximately $313 billion (Healthline, …show more content…
Despite being one of the lower ranked countries, cardiovascular disease is still a major cause of death in Australia, and one of Australia’s largest health problems. According to Heart Foundation, coronary heart disease caused 20, 046 deaths in Australia in 2012. That’s 13% of all Australian deaths. Coronary heart disease 55 Australians each day, or one every 26 minutes. Australia now considers coronary heart disease as one of the biggest killers, killing more Australians than any other disease group. Australia is also a likely country to be affected by coronary heart disease due to other unhealthy statistics. With 60% of Australian adults overweight and 51% with high cholesterol, it is no surprise that coronary heart disease is such a major problem in Australia as the three are
With cardiovascular diseases being the number one cause of deaths around the world, understanding the diseases, their risks and possible preventative actions can help an individual protect himself from the diseases. The research presented in this paper will focus on providing knowledge about coronary heart disease.
Coronary heart disease, the most common of cardiovascular diseases, takes place when the coronary arteries become clogged with fatty substances such as plaque or atheroma. Also known as ischaemic heart disease,
Atherosclerosis (the process of gradual plaque build-up on the inner walls of the arteries) causes the arteries to become narrow, thus allowing less room for the blood flow, preventing blood from reaching the heart. The decrease of blood in the heart can then induce chest pain, or angina. A blood clot may start to form in the arteries as a result of the blood flow restrictions, completely blocking the blood supply, and increase the risk of a heart attack. The following discussion will provide information on coronary heart disease, its ¬¬¬relativity with diet, analyses of the countries it has affected and reasons why, its prevalence in Australia and ¬¬¬¬¬ how it can be prevented. Discussion: A. How is diet related to Coronary Heart Disease? Diet can heavily affect heart heath and is indeed one of the biggest risk factors of, not just coronary heart disease, but heart disease in general. Heart health, just like general body health, depends on the types of foods you eat. There are a number of diet-related risks, including high cholesterol levels, diabetes and obesity. An individual’s choice of foods can either increase his risks of coronary heart disease, or protect him from it. For example, certain types of fat consumed, like saturated fats or trans fats, can increase blood cholesterol and heart attacks, whereas polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats lower the risk of heart attacks instead. A diet high in saturated and trans fats will likely heighten low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. A lipoprotein is a combination of cholesterol and protein (lipid + protein), and come in two types. When there is more protein in the lipoprotein than cholesterol, it is called a high density lipoprotein, or HDL. When there is more cholesterol in the lipoprotein than protein, it is known as a low density lipoproteins, or LDL. LDL cholesterol, or ‘bad’ cholesterol, often leads to plaque forming on arteries, whereas ‘HDL’ cholesterol, the good cholesterol, assists the body in removing cholesterol and makes it more difficult for plaque to form in the arteries. Because saturated fats and trans fats tend to increase LDL cholesterol, it is wise to maintain a healthy diet and avoid eating excess saturated fats like animal products and processed foods in order to help prevent chances of atherosclerosis. Maintaining a healthy diet is important for a healthy heart. B. How has Coronary Heart Disease affect the world? According to the World Health …show more content…
This is 17.5 million deaths worldwide, with 7.4 million caused by coronary heart disease. With this data it is fit to say that coronary heart disease does indeed negatively affect a fair part of the world. Out of the 189-196 countries of the world, a good 40 countries have high death rates out of the total 192 countries affected by coronary heart disease (World Life Expectancy, 2011). And every year, hospitals around the world treat a large number of 3.7 million heart disease patients. The total estimated economic cost is approximately $313 billion (Healthline, …show more content…
Despite being one of the lower ranked countries, cardiovascular disease is still a major cause of death in Australia, and one of Australia’s largest health problems. According to Heart Foundation, coronary heart disease caused 20, 046 deaths in Australia in 2012. That’s 13% of all Australian deaths. Coronary heart disease 55 Australians each day, or one every 26 minutes. Australia now considers coronary heart disease as one of the biggest killers, killing more Australians than any other disease group. Australia is also a likely country to be affected by coronary heart disease due to other unhealthy statistics. With 60% of Australian adults overweight and 51% with high cholesterol, it is no surprise that coronary heart disease is such a major problem in Australia as the three are