The answer can be found from the song, "Eighteen Inches" by Lauren Alaina, there ain’t no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your head to your heart.
According to the American Heart Association, what helps your heart can help your brain, too. Following a heart-healthy lifestyle can lower your chances of having a stroke, and it can also make a big difference in your mental abilities as you age.
Getting plenty of physical activity, eating a healthy diet and other behaviors that strengthen your heart can have a profound effect on the way you think, how you act and what you remember.
The biological and chemical factors that trigger mental health issues also could influence heart disease. “The head-heart connection should be on everyone’s radar,” said Barry Jacobs, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and director of Behavioral Sciences at the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pa.
“It’s not just being unhappy. It’s having biochemical changes that predispose people to have other health problems, including heart problems.”
Learn more about mental health and heart health at the American Heart Association.
Check out famous quotes about the heart at Book of Famous Quotes.
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