Heart failure
Lifestyle modifications
NUTRITION
Avoid excessive sodium intake (< 5g/day) (1)
Avoid large volumes of fluid intake (2)
Avoid excessive alcohol intake (2)
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Regular physical activity (2)
Improves exercise tolerance and capacity, health related QOL, and reduces hospitalization (2)
High intensity interval training improves peak oxygen consumption, VO2 (2)
Supervised exercise rehabilitation programme is recommended for people who are frail, and have more severe disease (2)
SMOKING
Smoking cessation (2)
WEIGHT
Maintain a normal weight (2)
Prevention
Regular physical activity (2)
Smoking cessation (2)
Maintain a normal weight (2)
Avoid excessive alcohol intake (2)
A healthy diet (2)
References
1) https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-us/61/management-approach
2) https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/42/36/3599/6358045?login=false#305163067
Resources

EXPLANATION TO EVIDENCE PRESENTATION
Evidence based on guidelines and evidence based Clinical Decision Systems is written in BOLD
Evidence based on meta analysis or systematic reviews is written in BOLD and CURSIVE
Evidence based on randomized controlled trials is written in plain font
Evidence based on observational / cohort studies is written in CURSIVE
Figure: Evidence pyramid