Heart attack, in the medical community, is known as a myocardial infarction (MI).  It occurs because one or more of the coronary arteries, that provide blood supply and oxygen to the heart muscle, are completely blocked off.  As a result, blood cannot get through the artery and part of the heart muscle does not get oxygen.  This can result in death of the heart muscle. Read more »

Ischemic heart disease seems like a mouthful, but if you break down the words, it makes sense. The definition of  ischemia is temporary lack of blood supply and oxygen to a body part due to obstruction. When it is the heart that is not getting adequate blood and oxygen supply, it is called ischemic heart disease. Read more »

It is interesting to note that high blood cholesterol is considered one of the risk factors of heart disease that you can control. Yet, some of the causes of high cholesterol are not under your control while some are. Read more »

Heart disease risk increases with the more risk factors you have. You may recall from a previous post, that there are controllable and uncontrollable risk factors. Read more »

Before the advent of antibiotics and other prescription medications, people relied on the earth and its plants for healing powers.  More and more, people are discovering that there are ways to prevent illness, delay, or treat illness using natural supplements.  The same is true when it comes to heart supplements.  Read more »

In the last post, I mentioned how stress is mostly unavoidable in our daily lives.  It can be good for short periods of time, but when it becomes prolonged, is when we run into health problems that can affect our health (including our hearts). Read more »

I ABSOLUTELY  love this video below, and wanted to share it with you.  In another post, I have two more videos on Resveratrol.  Click here to watch these videos too. For years, I have heard of the French Paradox, and perhaps you have heard of this term as well.  What the French Paradox is is that although the French tend to eat foods higher in fat and cholesterol, smoke more, and have higher blood pressure and cholesterol levels, they still have about 1/3 less heart attacks than people who live in North America!  Read more »

Cardiovascular disease is another word for heart disease.  They mean the same thing, and they include disorders or diseases of the heart and/or blood vessels within the body.  Read more »