Coronary artery disease is one of the commonest heart diseases that can lead to heart attack.
Half of the heart attacks occur unexpectedly, without any warning. They are the result of a blockage in the blood supply to any part of the heart. The blood flow is obstructed by hardening of arteries, medically called atherosclerosis. The plaques in the arteries create a blood coagulation that prevents blood flow to the heart.
If those coagulations are not eradicated in time, part of the heart muscle will start dying off, which can cause heart attacks.
5 changes in Lifestyle Could Prevent 80% of Heart Attacks
The good news is that heart attacks can be prevented. A new study has shown that if you change certain habits you can drastically reduce the risk of heart attack.
An earlier study from 2004, which was conducted in more than 50 countries around the world on the topic of risks of heart diseases, indicated that 90% of heart diseases can be totally prevented by making changes in the diet and in the lifestyle.
What are the 5 habits?
- healthy diet
- physical activity (walking or cycling minimum 40 minutes daily and exercising minimum an hour weekly)
- maintaining an adequate waist circumference (not more than 95 cm)
- reduced alcohol consumption (about 10-30 g daily)
- quitting smoking
What Foods Are Recommended For The Heart?
Majority of the people does not know that trans fats and refined carbohydrates are much more dangerous than the saturated fats.
The food processing industry started producing food low in fat, and substituted the healthy saturated fats with the harmful trans fats (such as margarine, vegetable oil), the refined sugar and the processed fructose. This misconception has caused a stable increase in the number of obese people and patients with heart disease.
How Does it Look The Prefect Diet For a Healthy Heart?
You must avoid trans fat and totally get rid of all processed foods, including the food from the most of the restaurants. If you want to lower the risk of heart disease, you should avoid sugar, processed grains and fructose. Consume raw and organic foods and replace the carbohydrates that come from grains with great amounts of fruits, vegetables and organic meat.
These are the best sources of healthy fats:
- coconut and coconut oil
- avocado
- organic egg yolk
- butter made from organic milk
- cold-pressed oils of organic nuts
- organic meat
- raw nuts like almonds, macadamia nuts, hickory nuts, seeds
- raw milk products
Should You Eat More Fruit?
A study presented at the ESC Congress in Barcelona this year has shown that people who consume fruits on a regular basis have 40% lowered risk of developing a heart disease and 32% lowered risk of developing other illnesses. Fruits contain plenty of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and other nutrients that influence the improvement of health and prevent inflammation.
Still, fruit should be consumed in moderation, especially the kind that contains a lot of sugar, as high levels of fructose affect the heart negatively.
Drugs For Diabetes Increase The Risk of Heart Diseases
Lately, a study has indicated that some diabetes medications may be related to the reduction in the level of the hormones that trigger the thyroid gland, which can lead to numerous serious health issues, such as heart disease.
Another study has discovered that medications used for treating type 2 diabetes can considerably increase the risk of heart disease.
Warning About The Beta Blockers And Their Abuse
Beta blockers are used for treating hypertension and congestive heart failure. Still, it was recently found out that they might have lead to 800,000 deaths in Europe only in the last 5 years.
Avoid Becoming Part of The Statistics on Heart Attacks
The biggest mistake you can make is to wait for the heart disease symptoms to appear in order to take action. Do the following things and prevent permanent damage:
- lower the levels of stress
- consume unprocessed saturated fats of animal origin
- exercise on a regular basis
- walk barefoot on the ground as often as possible
- avoid all kinds of sugar if you are resistant to leptin and insulin
- avoid drugs that reduce blood cholesterol levels, as they cause many side effects
- take in the optimal amount of vitamin D
- avoid sitting more than three hours a day
