Heart2Heart with Madiha

Who doesn’t love a well-made cake, right? With the multiple layers full of a variety of flavors, topped with frosting, and embellishments galore! Well then, let’s see the heart as a cake. No, it’s not covered in frosting, but all the components needed for just the right cake, make up a happy heart.   First Layer - This is the grounding. The base to stack up everything on top. When you think about the fork hitting a plate and indulging the bottom part of the cake initially in your mouth, think about what you have eaten ever since you were born. As the saying goes, “You are what you eat,” the foods you eat on a daily basis impact the health of your heart. The bottom of the cake may not seem the most appetizing to all, with its slight burns and less frosting, but it truly keeps your heart pumping and flowing. Now what is this base made up of? No, not the flavor of the cake, but the balanced/ nutritional diet centered around fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and proteins to keep your h...

The doctor places the cuff on your hand and grips it tight around your arm, ready to inflate. You feel the pressure build up as it measures the force of the blood pumping through the walls of your arteries. The machine stops crunching your arm and the cuff loosens. The numbers on the screen start to appear in front of your eyes. The red dots light up as you become concerned. The number repeats in your head as the doctor states them.     Now, what was this number? Well, the question right now is: what does this number mean to you?  It plays the role of having your happy family with their laughter bringing up your mood after a long day. It plays the role in your social life, impacting the ones around you through your own mood and actions. It plays the role of you living a healthy life or one filled with health complications. It plays the role of determining whether you live or not.   The idea of this is for you to realize how you have to get as close to the essential g...