√ improving heart health|complete guide|

improving heart health|complete guide|

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

improving heart health

improving heart health:
This week’s show is about “heart health” and the many things we can be doing to help our heart. This is an important issue when you consider it is the leading cause of death in America. Most women like to think it is mostly a problem for men, and that as long as you are producing estrogen your chances of heart disease are nullified. Well that isn’t the case. For women between the ages of 45-65, heart disease is the second leading cause of death….so we all need to be paying attention. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation about heart health so I hope I can set the record straight. The best thing you can do for your heart is exercise and eat right.

As far as exercise goes anything is good, but I like any type of aerobic exercise like walking, jogging, swimming etc….I do believe we should be getting a good amount of strength training. A good rule of thumb I like to recommend is at least a good 50-50 split of both types. If you are 60-40, one way or the other, I think you will be fine. The most important thing is that we need to be doing something.

Secondly, diet is critical. Especially foods that are loaded with omega 3 fatty acids. These are very protective for the heart for several different reasons. In fact, I pretty much don’t let anyone leave our office without also taking some fish oils (SEA Energy).

One of the biggest reasons why they are so helpful for heart disease is that they help restore that balance of saturated to unsaturated fats. A hundred years ago the ratio was pretty good. A lot of the food we ate was loaded with monounsaturated fats. Unfortunately, today we eat too much processed, refined, junk foods that are loaded with Trans fats and saturated fats.

Please keep in mind, saturated fats aren’t bad for us, but if we get too many in our diet and disturb the balance of saturated to unsaturated fats we have problems. Saturated fats trigger inflammation and more research is proving that the root of heart disease is closely tied to inflammation and NOT to cholesterol and blood pressure.

Anyway, it is the unsaturated fats, the omega 3’s that trigger anti-inflammation within the body….so if you eat the good fats, and keep the ratio’s in accordance your body can combat all the inflammation. However, on the other hand if you don’t eat fish regularly, don’t eat nuts and seeds, don’t cook with olive oil….you increase your consumption of saturated fats which triggers more inflammation and sets you up with heart disease.

The quickest way to restore the balance is to supplement with good, high quality fish oil like SEA Energy, as well as, eat all the above things I mentioned.

Besides heart disease, fish oils are a must for anyone who complains of arthritis, tendonitis, colitis,….remember it helps reduce inflammation. They help for PMS, hot flashes, hormonal and chemical imbalances…..the body needs fats in order to make our hormones. When you begin to restrict fats, you can jeopardize your body’s ability to make hormones. They are also great for depression, diabetes, ADD/ADHD and immune function. They are one of the SEVEN vitamins I recommend we should all be taking.

As far as cholesterol and blood pressure….they are great measurements, clues, signals, symptoms that are cardiovascular system is in trouble. When we manipulate those measurements with a drug….without addressing what caused them to go up – then we are only treating the symptom….NOT the CAUSE. If you are concerned about your risk of dying….from a heart attack have your doctor run a homocysteine blood test….it is by far the best predicator of heart disease and death. Half the people with good cholesterol are having