In the 1970′s, a number of studies and trials, demonstrated that aspirin (ASA – acetylsalicylic acid) was beneficial for decreasing the risk of having a heart attack.  Further studies have demonstrated that taking aspirin also decreased the chances of having another heart attack or stroke related to clotting.  The reason for this is because aspirin acts as a blood thinner, thus decreasing clotting within your blood vessels and also decreasing the narrowing of your blood vessels due to atherosclerosis. Read more »

In helping you to determine your heart attack risk, answer the following questions.  If you answer “yes” to one of them, your risk of heart attack is higher than the rest of the population.  The more questions you answer “yes” to, the higher your risk becomes.  Read more »

A heart disease diet is a diet that is appropriate for everyone, whether they are trying to prevent, delay, or already have heart disease. Read more »

When it comes to heart health, there are a number of heart health supplements that you can take.  They are not meant to be a substitute for making healthy heart decisions.  In other words,  you want to take them in addition to following a healthy lifestyle of quitting smoking, losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight, lowering your fat consumption,  and eating more fruits and vegetables, to name a few.  Read more »

In an earlier post , I talked about Omega 3 fatty acids that are provided by fish oil supplements. Some people have told me that they also take Omega 6 fatty acids by supplement form, but I will provide information that shows you that Omega 3′s are what is really needed. Read more »