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  • The Three Basic Approaches For Promoting Heart Health
    By: Kevin Agrawal | - Supporting heart health includes a combination of exercise, a heart healthy diet and heart supplements. Each of these three elements plays an important role in promoting heart health and the combination of all three works in synergy for maximum heart health benefits.

    Exercise
    The American Heart Association suggests that even moderate activity can be beneficial for the heart. According the studies the effect of inactivity on the heart is comparable to that of smoking, raised cholestero ...
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  • How Fit Is Your Heart
    By: Ruthan Brodsky | - To answer the question about how fit is your heart you need to know that there is an important difference between what many of us think of as fitness,how long we can exercise before getting tired and out of breath,to the fitness level of your heart as measured during a stress test.

    A high level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), a measure of how your heart, lungs and circulatory system function during exercise, usually indicates a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and ca ...
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  • Exploring The Power Of Natural Alternatives
    By: Mens Health World | - Do you want to discover the secret of mens health? Do you want information regarding mens health issues? Offering informative and educative aspects on topics that are in high demand, Mens Health World provides a spectrum of products and articles that range over all aspects of mens health such as heart health, nutritional health, mental health, hair re-growth, health supplements, sexual health and prostate health. Extending their expertise and experience, Men ...
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  • Yoga For Your Heart Health
    By: Paul M. Jerard Jr. | - Here is a fresh viewpoint about Yoga's holistic approach toward heart health.

    Are you tired of watching commercials about how your "bad diet" causes all of your heart problems? What about people who eat healthy and have heart disease?

    These commercials are usually prescription drug advertisements, which profile everyone with heart disease in a negative light. They profile you as negligent, and smother you with guilt, by giving you a solution to all of your problems ...
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  • The Truth About Farm Raised Fish And Omega-3
    By: Garey Simmons | - The truth is that Omega-3 fatty acids that are so beneficial for you, your heart health and your brain health, originate in plants. This is a little known fact. Most people who know about Omega-3 fatty acids think it's all about eating fish and it is with a couple of major caveats.

    For example, to get the highest concentration of EPA/DHA, the two long-chained fatty acids that help prevent heart disease, and support brain and eye health, we are told to eat fish.

    Th ...
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  • Be Proactive About Your Heart Health
    By: Kevin Agrawal | - Your heart works hard to continuously pump blood, non-stop, to other parts of the body. Incredibly, it pumps 2000 gallons a day and beats about 100,000 beats a day! This rhythmic pumping ensures the circulation of a fresh supply of oxygen-rich blood to all organs, tissues and cells of the body.

    Your heart is your lifeline, and heart health should be a priority. Certain lifestyle choices we make can have consequences for our hearts, which can also affect the functions of other important o ...
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  • Exercise The Pursuit Of Fitness And Heart Health
    By: WillieG | - Exercise The Pursuit of Fitness and Heart Health
    Only about 25 percent of adult in the United States currently believe in exercising regularly to achieve physical fitness and overall well-being. Attaining and maintaining peak physical condition and not getting soft is sufficient incentive for them. Another large segment of the population exercises as an adjunct to dieting efforts in an effort to be slim and trim, while others exercise in an effort to decrease their risk o f hear ...
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  • Heart Healthy Omega-3 Fats
    By: Joseph Mix | - There is one type of polyunsaturated fat, which is found in soybean, walnuts, flax seeds, and fish, that is very healthy, especially for the heart. It is also critical for proper neuronal development in infants and children. These are the omega-3 fats and are heart healthy because they dramatically reduce triglycerides in the blood, which are a risk factor for heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, triglycerides should be less than 150.*

    In addition, omega- ...
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  • Two Things You Must Do To Protect Your Heart
    By: Dr. Jim Manganiello | - What do you understand to be the greatest risks to your heart? More than 80 million people have some form of heart disease in America alone. Why? It wasn't always this way. Are you one of these people? Will you become one?

    What exactly do you think you need to do to protect your heart from serious damage? Where did you get your information? Is it reliable, should you trust it?

    These are important questions because as your heart health goes, so goes your quality of ...
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  • New Research: Are You At Risk For Heart Disease?
    By: Dr. Jim Manganiello | - Did you know that in the 1920's heart disease accounted for only 10% of deaths a year in America, but today heart disease is America's number one killer? I'll tell you what's responsible for this increase just up ahead. But first let me tell you why you should care.

    Heart Disease is Sneaky

    Heart disease sneaks up on people. It doesn't knock first, it just breaks down the door. People don't see it coming and, at first, they actually have trouble believing that it has ...
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  • Heart Health"'"arresting Arrhythmias
    By: Stephen Sinatra | -

    A hundred thousand times a day, 35 million times a year, 2.5 billion times during the average lifetime, the human heart beats in a rhythmic, regular cadence. This steady, dependable tempo is something you take for granted—unless you have an arrhythmia, or abnormality in the rate or rhythm of the heart.
    Most of us have at one time or another experienced the unpleasant feeling that your heart is beating erratically or rapidly, “flip-flopping,” or “le ...
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  • Bromelain And Heart Attacks
    By: Stephen Sinatra | - For years I’ve discussed many of the potential dangers involved with taking an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks. Now, I want to tell you about an "aspirin substitute"—bromelain.
    Bromelain is an enzyme extracted from the pineapple plant. It is referred to as a "protease" which means it breaks down proteins, reducing them to their basic building blocks.
    Almost 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus and his crew "discovered" the pineap ...
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  • The Heart Of Heart Disease
    By: Stephen Sinatra | -

    A multi-billion-dollar industry has been built around the concept that large, cholesterol-filled blockages in the arteries cause heart attacks. That concept is just plain wrong. The reality is that as many as 80 percent of all heart attacks occur when smaller plaques, destabilized by inflammation, rupture and attract a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the heart.
    So while cardiologists are placing stents to prop open large blockages or bypassing them altogether with su ...
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  • Dhea Can Prevent Heart Disease
    By: Stephen Sinatra | - If you're 50 years old and want to avoid having a heart attack, lower your risk factors. A risk factor is anything that increases your risk of heart attack. The common ones are high cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and inactivity. I always emphasize the importance of diet and exercise, and the reason for this is simple: It reduces your risk of having a heart attack.
    Now, let's discuss another risk factor—low levels of the hormone DHEA.

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  • Stop A Cold, Heal Your Heart
    By: Stephen Sinatra | - There’s been no shortage of articles written about the number-one killer in this country: cardiovascular disease. There’s one associated problem, however, that has gotten far less “air time,” and that’s angina (ann-JY-nuh).
    The large majority of the time, angina itself isn’t a disease. It’s a symptom of cardiovascular disease, and one that’s very often misunderstood.
    In medical circles, angina is often referred to as angina pectoris, ...
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  • Skipping Breakfast Increases Heart Attacks
    By: Stephen Sinatra | - During the 1991 National Conference on Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure Control, cardiologist Renata Cifkova gave us some very useful information. Ms. Cifkova was studying blood platelet activity at the Memorial University of Newfoundland when she made her "discovery."
    She was working on ways to measure platelet activity in people with high blood pressure. (Platelets determine the "stickiness" of the blood and are responsible for blood clotting.) For several days sh ...
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  • Be Still, My Heart: Control Arrhythmia Now
    By: Stephen Sinatra | - For optimum health, your body requires regularity—and no part of your body needs this life-sustaining quality more than your heart. When your heart loses its ability to beat in a controlled, predictable way, it’s life-altering. Unfortunately, it can also be life-ending. Some 300,000 heart-related deaths are linked to the condition each year.
    Any change from your heartbeat’s normal rhythm is technically considered cardiac arrhythmia. It begins without warning, with a dist ...
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  • How Can Hatha Yoga Help Your Heart Health?
    By: Paul M. Jerard Jr. | - During the course of a week, Yoga teachers may work with students who have a variety of physical ailments. Among those ailments are the many forms of heart disease and heart conditions. There are many differences, and many causes, of heart problems.

    Some heart problems are caused by risk factors, such as: Lack of exercise, poor diet, smoking, obesity, and a combination of these conditions. At the same time, high stress levels and genetics can also play a role in poor heart health. ...
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  • Pleasant Music's Heart Health Benefits
    By: Brenda Skidmore | - What specific types of health benefits are associated with listening to the types of music that you like, by prompting your mind and body to feel better? Well, that is exactly what a team of researchers were determined to find out. In 2005, this same group of researchers, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore, studied the physical health effects of laughter on the cardiovascular system for the first, ever, study of its kind. Now, they were going to compare those results ...
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  • Women's Health - Straight To The Heart
    By: Ted Brumby | - If you think men are more vulnerable to coronary disease than women, think again. Don't wait for a warning sign - start looking after your heart today.

    Statistics show one in three Australian women is at risk of heart attack, angina, stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Worse still, two thirds of women who die from a sudden heart attack have had no previous symptoms, according to The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health. Age, smoking, a lack of exercise, weight gain, ...
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  • Healthy Eating - What Makes A Healthy Meal?
    By: Ted Brumby | - Eating a balanced diet can help keep your heart healthy. Healthy eating is about enjoying foods from a variety of different food groups. This is the fundamental principle of good nutrition. It's all about balance.

    A sensible healthy meal should include the following:

    1. Lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs or vegetarian meat alternative such as legumes, beans, lentils or nuts.
    2. Pasta, rice, noodles, couscous, potato or bread.
    3. Plenty of vegetables and s ...
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  • Cholesterol - What Causes A High Level?
    By: Ted Brumby | - There are many factors which may cause your cholesterol level to be above the target level, however the most common dietary cause is eating too much fat and in particular too much saturated fat.

    High intakes of saturated fat can raise bad (LDL) Cholesterol levels. It is found in fatty meat and milk products, butter, cheese, chips, and other snacks.

    Things you can change to help lower your Cholesterol:

    1. Your weight and shape (an increase in weight t ...
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  • Heart Health Risk Factors
    By: Chelsi Woolz | - Besides cholesterol, there are other risk factors that can be a problem for heart health.

    Blood Pressure

    An above optimal level of blood pressure can not be felt. Many people are not aware that they have blood pressure above the recommended level and live with an increased risk.

    Blood Sugar

    If the sugar level in the blood is constantly above normal and cannot be absorbed by the body cells, it causes a risk to heart health by narrowing t ...
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  • How To Live A Healthy Lifestyle
    By: Chelsi Woolz | - If you have any concerns about any aspect of your heart health, your health care professional should be your first point of contact.

    Physical Activity

    There are many ways in which regular physical activity will improve your life:

    * It lowers 'bad' LDL-cholesterol and raises 'good' HDH-cholesterol
    * It helps keep your blood pressure in check
    * It is the key to long-term weight control
    * It's fun!!
    * It gi ...
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  • Is Cholesterol Really The Enemy?
    By: Garey Simmons | - I am going to be blunt here. I have been studying Omega-3s, heart disease, cholesterol and statins for 2 years now. I am not a doctor, not a scientist, and I got a 'C' in high school chemistry. I am more than likely just like you - a laymen in this field. And I am going to throw down the gauntlet: Don't believe a word I say.

    I want you to start asking questions. Yep, just like all the commericials on the TV say, "Ask your doctor about..." But here is the question I have been as ...
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  • Cholesterol Lowering Diets And Your Heart Health
    By: Samantha Evans | - Many people know that American heart problems are common because of the stressful Western lifestyle, but most people aren't aware of what those heart problems are or how to prevent them. Most American heart problems can be prevented by simply making heart healthy choices to eliminate harmful stress and correctly deal with some of the issues that come with living life in the fast lane.

    A good place to start learning more about this is issue is the website of the American Heart Asso ...
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  • Congestive Heart Failure And The Heart Healthy Diet
    By: Kelly Church | - Congestive Heart Failure, or CHF, is a medical condition concerning the heart. When diagnosed with CHF, a patient has a weakened heart that cannot properly pump blood to the necessary parts of the body. This condition requires extensive treatment and lifestyle changes in order to live as healthy and as normal a life as possible. Such lifestyle changes include a medicine regimen, an exercise program, and a heart healthy diet. While all of these factors are important, following a strict diet is a ...
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  • Stress And Congestive Heart Failure: A Deadly Combination
    By: Kelly Church | - Stress is a formidable force in the lives of many people in this world today. While stress may not seem to permanently affect people, it is a very serious cause and/or aggravation to medical conditions a person has. First, it is important to discuss what the true definition of stress is. If asked, the average person on the street might say that stress is anything that causes worry to one's life. They might give examples like arguing with a spouse, financial problems, or children's bad behavior. ...
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  • Brain Health And Your Longevity
    By: Stephen Lau | - Your longevity has everything to do with your brain health.

    My previous article "Heart Surgery and Your Longevity" emphasized the importance of heart health to your overall health and well-being. As you age, your heart health declines, thereby affecting your brain health. A failing heart ages a person physically as well as mentally. Alzheimer's disease and dementia are often indicators of declining brain health, which further accelerates the decline of heart health. The decline of ...
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  • The Secrets Of A Healthy Heart
    By: Brue Baker | - If you are trying to maintain a healthy heart here are some choices that you may want to implement into your lifestyle. I know that some of these may be very difficult for some people to do, but you have to ask yourself, Do I want to be healthy?

    The following are all things you can do that are beneficial to the overall health of your heart. First, you should drink at least eight cups of water per day and exercise as much as possible.

    I know this one might sound ...
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  • Congestive Heart: What Is Congestive Heart Failure?
    By: Daniel B Hyde | - Whenever cardiac conditions develop these conditions, weaken or damage your heart, which leads to heart failure. In a weakened condition, the heart over time can no longer keep up with even the normal demands placed on it.

    The ventricles may become stiff and not fill properly between beats. The heart ventricles stretch (dilate) to the point that the heart cannot pump blood efficiently throughout your body. The failing pump causes blood and fluid to back up throughout your circula ...
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  • Don't Die Early - Look After Your Heart
    By: Stephen Dolan | - Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Think about that: more people die from heart disease than any other cause. In fact, over 27% of people, regardless of age or sex, die from heart disease, and that number rises to over 30% if you only look at people who died over the age of 65. It is obvious that heart disease is a major problem in the United States, and that watching your heart health is an important consideration in leading a healthy and active lifestyle. No othe ...
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  • Take Care Of Your Heart
    By: Marcus Martinez | - Heart disease is one of the most prevalent causes of death in the Western world and it is also one of the most preventable. Many risk factors are controllable and it is not that difficult to make some simple changes in our daily routines that will go a long way for the health of our heart.

    1. Aerobic exercise. We have heard it time and again that exercise is good for our health. But it is actually more important for us to realize that we need to match our exercise with our desired ...
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  • Understanding Heart Disease
    By: Ethan Miller | - Most people struggle with cholesterol and heart health because they do not understand the dynamics that cause heart problems, or result in a healthy heart. The mix is corrupted by the fact that age, diet, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and disease has a dynamic impact on the heart's health.

    Blood is alive. It needs to be fed and nurtured. Healthy blood promotes a healthy body, and a healthy heart.

    The heart is pump located in the ches ...
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  • Omega 3 Fish Oil Benefits The Heart And Much More
    By: Darrell Miller | - Researchers in the early 1980's noticed cultures that consumed a lot of deep cold water fish had very little occurrence of heart disease despite their high fat diet. After much research it was discovered that fish are rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. (1,2) In this article, we will discuss how fish oil is can fight heart disease and how it can help strengthen the heart. Furthermore, we will discuss other benefits of omega 3 fish oil may have on the body and how you can obtain Omega ...
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  • Walk To Strenghten Your Heart
    By: Susanne Myers | - Did you know February is heart health month? A great way to celebrate is to get heart healthy by making sure you do a minimum of 20 minutes cardio each and every day. Walking is a low-impact way to work out and get your heart pumping, keeping it strong and healthy. Here are some reasons why walking is so great for you and ideas on how you can get started walking right away.

    You should always contact your doctor before starting any kind of exercise program, even if it is walking. O ...
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  • The Affect Of Brown Seaweed On Heart Health
    By: Maurice Petersen | - Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer for both men and women in America today. Heart problems take many forms: Coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, and stroke to name just a few. This article will discuss the ways brown seaweed called Limu Moui by the Tongans can protect you from this insidious killer.

    But First, a Reality Check

    Too many supplements out there promise you the moon. This is irresponsible. Limu Moui is not a cure for heart disease. ...
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  • Sweet Surprise For Healthy Hearts
    By: Eileen Silva | - Wondering what to give those special, health-conscious gal pals for special events this coming year? I have the perfect gift suggestion --- chocolate! I don't mean just any chocolate . . . but specifically dark chocolate. Now it's no secret that most women are openly passionate about chocolate, but are you surprised that I would suggest chocolate for your "health-conscious" friends? Let me reassure you . . . recent research reports that dark chocolate contributes to heart health and is rich in ...
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  • Give Your Heart What It Deserves
    By: Julia Pizer | - The numbers are positively staggering. Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States and the trend is not improving. The government recently unveiled its new food pyramid with new emphasis on a well-balanced diet and getting enough exercise. Still, with nearly 65 percent of the population considered to be obese or overweight, there is a lot of hard work ahead if this nation is to become healthy and avoid staggering health costs in the future.

    The new food pyr ...
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  • Effects Of Omega 3 And Fish Oils On Reducing Heart Attacks
    By: Marcus Ryan | - Omega 3 fatty acids have made it into the medical news headlines many times over the past couple of decades.

    Why?

    This is because omega 3 fish oils have been shown to have some very impressive effects on prevention of heart disease, as well as being linked to lower incidences of depression and dementia in both population studies, and in the case of depression, randomised controlled trials as well.

    And the product is natural as well.
    So let's ha ...
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  • All About Heart Health
    By: Sharon Stajda | - The heart is a muscle, it is as small as a fist, and its main function is to pump blood to the entire body. This blood supply is responsible for taking nourishing oxygen to cells that enable each cell to perform its bodily function. In turn the spent blood is returned with harmful carbon dioxide to be expelled via the lungs. This miraculous muscle is literary what keeps us alive and breathing.

    The healthy adult body contains about 2 gallons (5 liters) of blood. This blood supply i ...
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  • Saturated Fats In Coconut Oil May Not Be Bad For Health
    By: Chris Chew | - You probably know that saturated fats are bad fats that can cause all kinds of heart related diseases. Did you know that and the humble coconut oil has 92% saturated fats? Then why is it that there are many advocates of taking coconut oil as a health supplement? Isn't that contradictory?

    Supporters of virgin coconut oil argue that coconut oil helps them to improve skin condition, have more energy and even to lose weight. Huh? consuming saturated fats to lose weight? How is that po ...
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