Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What The Doctos Don't Tell You Protect Yourself Against Coronary Artery Disease

More Or Less one in four of all deaths are attributable to heart disease brought on by blocked or 'furred up' coronary (heart) arteries, a disease known as atherosclerosis that is brought on by high blood cholesterol levels. A big component of heart disease is your life style and what food you eat.

Easygoing activities like observing a 7 day detox diet, getting some exercise, losing a few pounds and stopping smoking can have a major impact in improving your chances of heart disease - you may also be interested to try using foot detox to work on eliminating all those toxins flooding round your blood stream.

Signs of heart disease

If you get heart disease, you will be at greater risk of developing angina (severe chest pain owing to the heart not being given enough oxygen), a heart attack; an arrhythmia (which is an irregular heart beat, which will bring on breathlessness, vertigo and in many cases death); or heart failure (when the heart is unable to pump fully, leading to shortness of breath, weariness, puffed up ankles, and which might eventually reduce your life expectancy).

Coronary Artery Disease can also occur in arterial blood vessels in different areas of your body, particularly the brain, kidneys, or legs. This may lead to strokes, kidney failure, or poor blood flow in the legs and in extreme cases amputation. Other conditions of the heart and circulatory system include increased blood pressure, heart attacks and varicose veins.

Pretty much all heart troubles can be avoided, or improved significantly by taking appropriate action. To reduce your chance of heart disease, you are advised to eat a healthy diet, cut down on the quantity of salt in your food, learn how to quit smoking, don't drink a lo of alcohol, exercise regularly, get your weight down (there's plenty of fast ways to lose weight to help you), and bring down your stress levels.

Green tea is very high in OPCs and antioxidants, and is thought to help prevent heart and circulatory disease, and makes a tasty addition to a detox diet. At the moment the evidence for these benefits is inconclusive, consuming green tea seems to be healthy, so it may well be worthwhile trying partnered with other preventative steps.

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