Heart Health
A key problem is atherosclerosis. This is the accumulation of pockets of cholesterol-rich gunk inside the arteries. These pockets, called plaque, can limit blood flow through arteries that nourish the heart — the coronary arteries — and other arteries throughout the body. When a plaque breaks apart, it can cause a heart attack or stroke.
Although many people develop some form of cardiovascular disease (a catch-all term for all of the diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels) as they get older, it isn’t inevitable. A healthy lifestyle, especially when started at a young age, goes a long way to preventing cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle changes and medications can arrest heart-harming trends, like high blood pressure or high cholesterol, before they cause damage. And a variety of medications, operations, and devices can help support the heart if damage occurs.
Fiber is a critical component in a healthy diet. The average Western diet contains only about half of the minimum daily recommended intake of fiber. The low consumption of plant foods, of fiber-containing foods, results in an increase risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and obesity as well.
It has been well established that a bowl of oatmeal every day can help to lower cholesterol levels to an acceptable level, thus reducing the risk of heart disease and other ailments. Complimenting this with other high nutritional ‘superfoods’ such as chia, flaxseeds, quinoa, tumeric, ginger etc supplements other significant benefits due to other health boosting features such as anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory properties.
The heart beats about 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime, pushing millions of gallons of blood to every part of the body. This steady flow carries with it oxygen, fuel, hormones, other compounds, and a host of essential cells. It also whisks away the waste products of metabolism. When the heart stops, essential functions fail, some almost instantly.
Given the heart’s never-ending workload, it’s a wonder it performs so well, for so long, for so many people. But it can also fail, brought down by a poor diet and lack of exercise, smoking, infection, unlucky genes, and more.
Top Foods for Promotion Heart Health
