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How obesity can lead straight to heart failure
Study after study has demonstrated that obesity kills. It is linked with an elevated risk of more than a dozen types of cancer.
Being obese will cause your aging brain to become smaller and less cognitively flexible.
It also promotes a chronic inflammatory state that leaves your immune system weakened and makes you more vulnerable to a host of diseases, including COVID-19 and “long COVID.”
Now, a new study demonstrates that being obese is directly linked to changes in the heart’s structure that result in heart failure.
A direct cause of heart failure
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University in Great Britain has shown that excess fat is a direct cause of heart failure.
“We already know obesity increases the risk of heart and circulatory diseases that can go on to cause heart failure. But now we have revealed obesity itself could be a driver of hearts starting to fail.”
This statement by Dr. Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, who supervised the study, sums up the importance of these findings. It’s not just the diseases that obesity contributes to that lead to heart failure; it’s the excess body fat itself.
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Changes to heart structure
The research stemmed from an analysis of nearly 490,000 people, which showed that adults with a higher body mass index (BMI) and a high waist-to-hip ratio had a thirty percent greater risk of heart failure, even after accounting for other risk factors like diabetes and hypertension.
Dr. Raisi-Estabragh’s follow-up study showed why this was true…
In comparing cardiac scans of people with obese BMIs (above 25) with people in the healthy range, it became apparent that obese people were more likely to have thicker heart muscles, more signs of scarring and weaker pumping chambers.
These changes make it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to all parts of the body effectively, which in turn could lead to heart failure.
Professor James Leiper, associate medical director of the British Heart Foundation (similar to the American Heart Association) says that this research “provides new evidence of the link between obesity and heart failure and forms the basis of further research to understand the mechanisms underpinning the connection between obesity and changes to the heart’s anatomy.”
In other words, this research opens the door to more studies on exactly how obesity impacts physical changes to the heart and causes it to fail.
Weigh the heart benefits of weight loss
You certainly don’t need to wait for more research. Take steps now towards maintaining a healthy weight to drastically cut your risks for heart failure.
If you are obese or overweight, there’s plenty of help available if you need a plan to lose weight.
Getting involved with others working towards the same goal can lend tremendous support. Weight Watchers is a great example. Their tips have helped thousands lose the weight and keep it off.
For some people, the answer may lie in surgery. And there’s good news on that front. Research has found that the metabolic benefits from weight loss surgery may outweigh natural weight loss.
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If you’re more of a “do it on my own” type of person, here are some pointers to help you succeed.
It’s no surprise that exercise has got to be part of your plan to lose weight. But don’t think it’s just about burning calories. Exercising does three other things that are crucial to losing weight.
Starvation is never an appropriate or effective way to lose weight. In fact, there’s one diet that lets you eat a wide range of foods (and even the occasional treat) and still see the pounds come off.
Use nutrients that help. Some weight loss supplements really work, without dangerous side effects. Fiber is just one of them.
And guess what? You can eat out with your friends or family and still lose weight if you follow these eight important tips.
Editor’s note: There are perfectly safe and natural ways to decrease your risk of blood clots including the 25-cent vitamin, the nutrient that acts as a natural blood thinner and the powerful herb that helps clear plaque. To discover these and other secrets of long-lived hearts, click here for Hushed Up Natural Heart Cures and Common Misconceptions of Popular Heart Treatments!
Sources:
Obesity can drive hearts to fail and weaken their structure, study finds — Daily Mail
By Joyce Hollman
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