Your heart is among the most important parts of your body, and so it is imperative that you take good care of it. However, in today’s fast-paced world, your lifestyle, including diet and daily habits, often works against cardiovascular well-being. Long working hours, increased screen hours, irregular and processed foods, and heightened stress quietly take a massive toll on the heart's health.

According to doctors, most young people today are experiencing almost fatal conditions like a heart attack or stroke, which are easily preventable without making dramatic changes to your life. Here are five ways to keep your heart healthy and happy:

Most adults should have a cholesterol test every 4-6 years. Doctors say most people have high levels of the type of cholesterol linked to heart disease and stroke and are completely unaware. Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs to function properly. It travels through your bloodstream to reach the cells that need it. Your cells use cholesterol for many important functions, like making hormones and digesting fatty foods. But too much cholesterol in your blood can cause plaques in blood vessels, which inflame and rupture, leading to a clot.

To limit LDL cholesterol, you must eat a heart-healthy diet, be physically active, and lose excess weight.

Regulated blood pressure helps you live a long, healthy, and disease-free life. You must regularly check your blood pressure lev and make sure to keep them optimal with the help of regular aerobic exercise. According to experts, it is important to keep exercising to keep blood pressure from rising again. As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.

Exercise also can help keep elevated blood pressure that's slightly higher than ideal from turning into high blood pressure, also called hypertension. For those who have hypertension, regular physical activity can bring blood pressure down to safer levels.

It is important to regularly track your heart rate levels by simply checking your pulse. To do that, place your index and third fingers on your neck to the side of your windpipe. To check your pulse at your wrist, place two fingers between the bone and the tendon over your radial artery, which is located on the thumb side of your wrist.

The normal rate for adults is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Being active and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can improve the numbers over time.

Experts say it is important to eat a heart-healthy diet that comprises fresh and nutritious food. You must include all food groups—protein, vitamins, grains, dairy, and leafy greens—in your daily meals that help keep your heart indicators working well.

Also, take care of your daily sleeping schedule. When you do not get enough good-quality sleep for any reason—whether because of an untreated sleep disorder or simply not getting enough sleep—you raise your odds of developing many conditions that can lead to or worsen heart diseases like heart attacks and strokes.

For a healthy heart, it is important to keep your blood sugar levels in check. To do that, always focus on a balanced diet with limited sugar intake, regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, managing stress, and consistently monitoring your blood sugar levels.

Doctors say high sugar levels are not just a precursor to diabetes but can also cause heart attacks.

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