Your heart, a muscle about the size of a fist, pumps blood through a network of vessels. Blood carries oxygen and food to your trillions of living cells - wherever the nutrients are needed. It also works a second job, collecting garbage and waste products to carry away for disposal.
This system is huge. Your blood vessels, stretched end to end, would wrap around the world two times. And, it’s fast –taking only about 45 seconds to make the entire circuit. During this rapid transit, your blood always circulates in the same direction using a figure eight pattern. That is, if everything goes well.
To keep pumping continuously second after second, hour after hour, day after day, your heart needs quality low fat, low glycemic response, good nutrition and is particularly sensitive to a poor diet. It absorbs oxygen and nutrients from the capillaries of your coronary arteries on the outside of the heart muscle. Everything moves along well unless there’s a blockage.
An artery roadblock can shut down the whole system – once and for all. Heart and circulatory diseases are the main cause of premature death in most modern industrialized countries. Why? Bad habits, like poor diet, smoking, overweight, lack of exercise and not managing stress, are the main culprits. How do you know if there’s a problem? It’s not always easy to tell. The first symptom of heart disease, in about 60% of all cases, is death.
This means you may not get a second chance. So be smart and do what it takes to have a healthy heart. Helpful supplements are Omega-3 oils, carotenoids, vitamin E plus a complete profile of essential nutrients. It really makes a lot of sense to consciously nurture your cardiovascular system, since that’s what keeps you in circulation.
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