8 Keys in preventing heart disease

There are 8 keys to preventing, treating, and reversing heart disease.

1. Reduce blood cholesterol. Levels less than 150 mg/dl will reduce the risk of heart attack by 60 to 90 percent.
2. Eat a plant-based diet. All the cholesterol we eat comes from animal products; plant foods contain no cholesterol. To remove all cholesterol from the diet all animal products must be eliminated.

3. Increase dietary fiber. It absorbs cholesterol in the digestive tract and removes it.

4. Decrease blood levels of fat. Sugar, fat, and alcohol increase the amount of fat in the blood. Fat promotes plaque buildup in the arteries and stimulates the blood to clot, increasing the risk of heart disease.

5. Stop smoking. Over a period of five years this will reduce your risk of heart attack by 50 to 75 percent.

6. Start a regular aerobic exercise program. This raises MDL so effectively it can reduce the risk of heart disease by over 45 percent in those who are unfit.

7. Reach and maintain your ideal body weight. Losing weight can cut heart disease risk by 35 to 55 percent in those who are more than 20 percent over their ideal weight.

8. Reduce blood pressure. A ten-point reduction in blood pressure reduces heart disease risk 20 to 30 percent in those with high blood pressure.

Many people have experienced very good results from implementing these principles. As artery blockage reverses, angina pains have cleared up, and an active normal life has again become possible.

Rest

With hard work and exercise, there must be adequate rest. During the sleeping hours, the body is repaired and invigorated for another day. Youth need abundant sleep.

• Be regular in hours of rest.
  


• Sleep with abundant supply of fresh air in your room, otherwise you may awaken feeling tired and exhausted.
  


• „The sleep of laboring man is sweet“ Eccl 5:12
  
  
• Go to bed early and arise early. Staying up late and then sleeping away the morning hours is not healthful. During the deepest part of sleep, the greatest amount of growth hormones are produced, for body repair, protein synthesis, brain collation and synoptic nerve ending renewal. Due to „circadian rhytm“ which is regulated by the suns´s rays, studied show that deepest sleep and the greatest amount of growth hormone production occur between the hours of 9 p.m. to 12 p.m.
  


• If you cannot sleep, take a warm bath. This will be relaxing and bring sleep.
  


• Deep breathing induces sound, refreshing sleep because it soothes and quiets the nerves.
  


• Never go to sleep after eating.
  


• Exercise increases natural hormones, which act as a tranquilizer, allowing deeper sleep.