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Article #154: Natural Supplements For A Healthier Heart

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High blood pressure, high cholesterol 4,000 mcg allicin. By taking this once
levels, and ever increasing stress are daily supplement that delivers 4,000 mcg
all factors related to the leading cause of allicin, you can significantly and
of death for both men and women, heart effectively lower your high blood
disease. Luckily, heart disease is a pressure and cholesterol levels.
problem you can do something about. By Not all fish oil supplements are made the
taking nutritional supplements, making same, some can be harmful, but rest
changes in the food we eat, exercising assured there are companies out there who
most days of the week, drinking in supply fish oil supplements which are
moderation, and eliminating tobacco use, naturally loaded with Omega-3 fatty acids
we can prevent or lessen the effects of and certified free of harmful
heart disease. contaminants and heavy metals. This
After choosing to live a healthier life, Omega-3 is a powerful nutrient that is
it may seem very overwhelming. However, known to prevent heart disease and
lots of people feel this way. As a protect the heart. Research has proven
result the American Heart Association is that Omega-3 can reduce the risk of
urging people to prevent heart disease by arrhythmias, lower the levels of
identifying their individual risk triglycerides, slow atherosclerosis, and
factors. Each risk factor indicates keep blood pressure levels low. With
whether or not you may develop a certain just 600-1800 mg of fish oil, you can get
health condition. In heart disease all of the above heart disease
prevention, there are two types of risk prevention. However, you must make sure
factors, those you can control, and those the fish oil supplement that you take is
that you can't control. Risk factors free from contaminants and is guaranteed
that you can control include: diet, fresh. The manufacturer of the fish oil
exercise, and the supplements that you supplement should be able to provide
take, whereas risk factors that you can't documentation of purity in their product.
control consist of age, race, gender, and The supplement should contain no
your family's history of heart disease. detectable dioxin, which is a widely used
There are a few, specific supplements toxic preservative, DDT (a toxic
that should be taken to increase your insecticide), PCBs, or heavy metals such
health and lower your chances of as mercury or lead. Before you buy any
developing heart disease. You should fish oil supplement, ask the clerk if you
take a quality heart formula can open the bottle and smell the
multivitamin, garlic, and a fish oil contents. A fishy smelling fish oil
supplement that provides Omega-3 fatty supplement means it may contain heavy
acids. CoQ10 is also a good way to give metals and could be rancid, which is not
complete heart health support. The heart going to help your heart at all. It may
formula multivitamin will provide your actually hurt it.
heart with the exact nutrients needed to CoQ10 is part of our energy producing
prevent heart disease. system by working directly with our
Since the human heart cannot function mitochondria in each cell. The
without adequate amount of vitamins and mitochondria generate 95% of the energy
minerals, it is logical that a that the body requires and are more
multivitamin specifically formulated for abundant in places that require more
heart health would work best. The cells energy. Because of this fact, the heart
and tissues that make up the heart must has a large number of mitochondria in its
have vitamins C, A, and E, and also B1, cells, each needing CoQ10 to help them
B6, B12, and folic acid in order to produce the most energy that they can.
function. These B vitamins are very Because CoQ10 levels can become
important because they help to lower dangerously depleted by medications for
homocysteine levels, which is a potential high cholesterol levels, it is important
cardiac risk factor. Healthy hearts also to take at least 100 mg - 400 mg of CoQ10
need a daily amount of magnesium in order each day. Otherwise, the good that the
to function correctly. They also need medications are doing to lower
alpha lipoic acid, which is a fatty acid cholesterol levels will be negated by the
that provides protection against high lack of CoQ10 levels. Even if you have
cholesterol and blood pressure. Along already been diagnosed with Congestive
with magnesium and alpha lipoic acid, Heart Failure (CHF), CoQ10 can still help
lutein and lycopene keep our arteries you by slowing down the destruction that
free from buildup, which can later lead occurs. CoQ10 is also known for healing
to heart attacks or strokes. Unlike the heart muscles damaged by heart
other multivitamins, which contain herbs attacks.
and other nutrients that can interfere There are some types of CoQ10 products
with prescription medications, a heart that are better than others. The quality
formula consisting of the above vitamins, of manufacturing has a lot do with which
minerals, and nutrients will work with CoQ10 product is best. Make sure to take
medications to treat heart disease and a CoQ10 supplement that has been used in
provide the nutrition that our hearts research conducted by a prestigious
need. university, which the supplement will
Garlic supplements have a very long and tell you right on its label. The main
successful history of preventing requirements for a good CoQ10 are: it
premature death from heart attacks. must be easily absorbed during digestion,
Garlic can also help lower high blood it must reach the mitochondria in the
pressure and cholesterol, naturally and cell, it must be proven effective in
effectively. The best garlic supplements studies, and it must be safe and free of
contain allicin, which is a compound that impurities. Although CoQ10 is
lowers harmfully high cholesterol levels. recommended for people with moderate or
Since allicin is very stable when dry, a high risk factors of heart disease,
properly prepared garlic supplement people with low risk factors can take
preserves allicins health producing CoQ10 ever day to reduce their risk of
action until the garlic mixes with the cancer, prevent gum disease, and help
fluids of the intestinal tract. A certain nerve cells work more
supplement prepared with enteric coating effectively. By following all of the
can also help prevent against garlic above recommendations, you can help to
breath. In order for a garlic supplement keep your heart healthy and strong. All
to be the most effective, it must be made the supplements suggested in this article
from fresh garlic, enterically coated, can be found at your local health food
and provide a daily dose of at least store or Internet health food store.






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