FACTS ABOUT YOUR HEART
Your heart is the main organ of your cardiovascular system, a system made of blood vessels connected together that pumps blood throughout your body.
Did you know?
Your heart is a muscle that is located in slightly to your left.
No two person has the same heart size, everyone's heart size is slightly different. The size of your heart is the size of your two clenched fists. For babies it is the size as one clenched fist.
Newborn babies have the fastest heart beat. Women however have faster heart rate than men due to their smaller hearts that needs to beat faster to pump the same amount of blood
When you laugh, your blood vessels are relaxed increasing blood flow. Your heart therefore doesn't have to work so hard in pumping blood when your blood vessels are relaxed.
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood per day
When someone has a "broken heart" it feels like a heart attack due to similarity in symptoms.
You have a heart attack when an artery that sends blood and oxygen to your heart is blocked
The alcohol you take can worsen heart failure
Eating carrots is good for your heart. The potassium in carrots can help keep your blood pressure in check.
Your heart is the engine room of your body. It is the main organ that pumps blood through which other parts of your body receives oxygen and nutrients.