Heart Disease

 The Cause of Heart Disease and 

Reversing it

Heart disease is our worst enemy.  More people die from this culprit than any other disease.  What are the causes of heart attacks?  Eating much more fat and cholesterol than our bodies can utilize safely.  This results in calcification or hardening of arteries, called atherosclerosis.  This hardened substance is made of mixture of cholesterol, fat, and calcium, which when it hardens completely closes, blocking the oxygen supplied to the heart.  Find out how to avoid heart disease - visit http://tlchealthandfitness.com

The effects of World War 2 on diet change was interesting to study.  Many people had to change from the expensive meat, egg, and dairy diets to growing potatoes, grains, beans, roots, and vegetables, fresh picked, for sustenance.  The result was amazing!  The diseases from arteriosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, gallstones, certain cancers, and arthritis dropped drastically and quickly low. 

In conclusion, the diet high in fats and cholesterol results in high amounts of cholesterol in the blood, causing heart disease.  Low fat and cholesterol diets reverse the calcification process dissolving the plaque.  There is a good cholesterol (HDL) that is needed for our systems to function correctly, and helps in reducing the bad cholesterol (LDL) in our blood, exercise also helps to lower LDL.  Sources of HDL are found in foods containing Omega 3, such as chia seeds, flax seeds, walnuts, soy products, avocado, sweet potatoes, acai berry, apples and certain other fruits.  We also need Omega 6, and 9 fats in right proportions.   I use Smart Balance Spread, but very little, to provide the proportioned amounts needed for healthy heart.  For more information visit:  http://tlcthealthandfitness.com by clicking the link above.

What causes high risk of heart disease?

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1.  Increased LDL Cholesterol in the Blood - #1 factor
2. Smoking
3. High Blood Pressure
4. Obesity
5. Diabetes, High Blood Sugar
6. Increased Triglycerides
7. Nonactive Life
8. Stress

  Risk Factors of Insignificance - Cannot be Controlled

• Heredity
• Age
• Gender

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A study by Dr.Dean Ornish, a young cardiologist, proves that diet can cure heart disease.  He studied 50 men with "advanced heart disease" and many ready for by-pass surgery.  He divided the men into two groups and asked all of them to quit smoking and walk every day.  The first group followed a stress management program and ate less than 10 percent calories from fats with no cholesterol in a vegan vegetarian diet.

Fats should be eaten less than all nutrients. even good fats!

The "Prudent Diet" for heart disease from the American Heart Association, was given to the other group.  Fat up to 30 percent and 300 milligrams of cholesterol a day are allowed on this diet.

A year later, when the study terminated, the dangerously high LDL levels decreased by 37 percent and the hardened arteries opened by 82 percent, widening the gap letting more blood and oxygen flow to the heart for the first group.  This was proof that heart disease can be cleansed.

The second group following the "Prudent Diet" had no change. Their arteries continued to get smaller restricting blood flow even more.

We can conclude that, eating a vegetarian diet with very low fat and using the good fats listed above are best for heart health.  To learn more about fats check out by clicking the link above:  tlchealthandfitness.com and go to the nutrition and cardio pages.

Written by:  Teresa Cooper

The reference for this material is:  You-Turn, Understanding, Preventing, and Reversing Lifestyle Diseases, by Hans Diehl, Dr.H.Sc., M.P.H. and Aileen Ludington, M.D., pp. 9-15.

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