15 Interesting fact about the Heart

1 .The first heart cell starts to beat as early as 4 weeks.

2. A newborn"s heart rate is around 70 to 190 beats per minute while an average adult has a resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute.

3. Size of the heart is two hands clasped together.

4. Even after the person is brain dead or the heart is removed, the heart continues to beat as long as it has oxygen.

5. The heart beats about 100,000 times each day.

6. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

7.  Heart cancer is rare because heart cells stop dividing at early stage of  life.

8. The fairy fly ( wasp ) has the smallest heart of any living creature and in mammals, whales have the largest heart.

9. Vegetarian are 19% less likely to die from heart disease, a study found.

10. The first open heart surgery occurred in 1893. It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, who has one of the few black cardiologists in the united states at the time.

11. Laughing is good for you heart, it reduces stress & give a boost to your immune system.

12. A women's heart beats slightly faster than a man's heart.

13. The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, Lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it. Larson died at 86 of a disease that was unrelated to his heart.

14. Eating dark chocolate reduces the risk of heart disease

15.Owning a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than a third, researchers have found. 

CONCLUSION

 A healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle are very important in maintaining the well being of the heart. often due to stress, lack of exercise, unhealthy dietary habits lead to conditions like heart attacks, heart failures, cardiovascular disease, etc. that impact the heart and quality of life.

ALWAYS MAINTAIN A HEALTHY HEART FOR A HEALTHY LIFE.😃