Cardiologist Sanjay Bhojraj Avoids 4 Morning Habits as Heart Attack Risk Rises 40% Before Noon
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Updated · TODAY · Jun 18
Cardiologist Sanjay Bhojraj Avoids 4 Morning Habits as Heart Attack Risk Rises 40% Before Noon
1 articles · Updated · TODAY · Jun 18
Summary
Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj says he avoids four morning habits before 9 a.m.—sugary coffee drinks, pastries, processed breakfast meats and energy drinks—to reduce early-day strain on the heart.
Between 6 a.m. and noon, studies show heart attack risk is 40% higher and cardiac-death risk 29% higher, a window when cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate naturally climb after waking.
Bhojraj warns those foods and drinks can add glucose swings, nitrates, higher heart rate and blood-pressure spikes, with energy drinks posing added arrhythmia risk first thing in the morning.
For a steadier start, he favors water before coffee and breakfasts such as oatmeal, eggs with fruit, cottage cheese with berries and walnuts, or Greek yogurt with chia seeds.