Oats and Heart

Today I saw the advertisement about Oats and a mission to make INDIA HEART HEALTHY in Times of India newspaper. Quite interesting, what is connection between Oats and mission on heart!! This mission is launched by Quaker OATS in association with Times of India and Apollo Hospitals.

Interested people can register at "www.goodmorningheart.com" and know their heart health via heart health test.

I registered and took the test. I found the test to be interesting (from UX and questions perspective), but the result page was not very interesting nor gives much details. The result is shown with just 1 or 2 words. It shows very few details and does not give explaination on any of them. However, frankly more details are just optional...... i mean good to have kind.

Then, I was surfing through the site and found the interesting tips about how to keep our heart healthy. Here they are:
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To deal with stress you first have to identify what the cause of that stress is, whether it is that colleague at work or some bills that have not been paid. Once you figure where the stress is coming from it becomes easier to deal with the issue.

• Be physically active, it will help to control stress and will boost your heart health as well.
• Join a yoga class, the deep breathing and work out will work wonders and help to you to stay calm.
• Do not let stress at work follow you at home.
• Do not hold grudges and dwell on things that have little or no meaning.
• When you’re stressed you tend to eat more so relax and try getting your stress under control
• Do not forget to laugh, it lightens up the mood and will definitely help in bringing down your stress levels.
• If you feel overwhelmed by some activities, learn to say no! You may be taking on more responsibility than you can handle at the time. Dealing with too many things at one time can definitely take a toll on your health and stress levels.
• Try to be calmer while dealing with everyday tensions and stressful situations.
• Ask for help if you need it, do not try to handle things that are out of your reach.
• Be emotionally stronger; do not let small things affect you more than they should.
• Accept that you cannot change everything and things cannot always go your way, so when there is a brick in the road, move past it without dwelling on the losses and what went wrong.
• Try not to leave work or tasks pending, it will only lead to last minute stress, and who is to say, maybe when it comes to that last minute some emergency may come up and you may not be able to complete all that pending work
• Take time out of your busy schedule to spend time with your family and friends, it will make a huge difference and help you to stay happier in the long run.
• Control your anger; there hundreds of reasons to be angry everyday, but seeing as getting angry has a direct effect on your blood pressure it is best that you keep it under control. The next time somebody tries to cut in front of you while driving, control yourself and do not take your anger out on him.
• Problems, mistakes and miscommunication keeps happening, as a result of which things can very wrong, whether at the workplace or with your spouse, it is better to confront, forgive and forget as opposed to harbour all that pent up anger.
• Spend quality time with your spouses, children and parents. Your bond with your family will grow stronger and you can lean on them in times of stress. It always helps to be a part of a community that you can rely or lean on.
• Do not skip meals or over eat when under pressure, it will only make matters worse causing you to fall ill or gain weight.
• Take a break from daily pressures, take a weekend vacation; the travel will help you get your mind off work and help you relax a little bit

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Wish you all a happy healthy heart!! :)