(www.neomundo.com.ar) who work many hours per week should take very seriously the physical activity. Those who remain in their jobs for longer than normal and are out of shape have a 50% higher risk of dying due to heart disease, compared with the men who work the same amount of time but do exercise regularly.

To those conclusions came a study published in the journal Heart. “We find that work more than 45 hours per week is associated with a risk twice mayor of dying for a heart problem in men with a low physical fitness, but this is not the case in which it has a moderate or high physical training.” “Obviously these results have important implications for the prevention of heart disease,” said the authors.

EVILS of the heart

heart diseases constitute one of the leading causes of death worldwide. There are different types, but the most common is coronary heart disease, in which vessels that distribute blood in the heart become narrow or blocked. In the most serious cases this problem leads to a heart attack, which occurs when an artery is completely blocked and therefore ceases to carry oxygen and nutrients to a part of the heart.

This type of pathology can also detect valves, regulating the passage of blood to inside and outside of the heart, or may develop heart failure, in which blood is not distributed properly by the body because the heart beats not well.

Gymnastics for the heart

Researchers worked with 5000 men of 40 to 59 years of age, who together worked in 14 companies and different professions. For 30 years, closely followed his State of health, the functioning of his heart and the level of physical activity, among other issues. About 69% of volunteers working 41 to 45 hours per week and the rest worked even more.

At the end of the study period, 587 of them had been killed by different types of heart disease, and the key to predict this problem was in the time devoted to employment in relation to its physical state.

Men who work more hours than usual and were not in a good physical condition had a 59% increased risk of dying by heart problems, but not by other types of pathologies. For that reason, the authors recommended physical exercise, eat well and be in shape to protect the heart of diseases that lurk.

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