Are you confused with all the information and mis-information about the health of your heart? You may not be the only one, after all the research done over the last 50 years and the billion spent heart attacks are still one of the top 3 killers in this country.

The answer resides in prevention. And prevention does not necessarily reside in drugs.

The heart is a muscle, it never rests and must have a constant supply of nutrients. A cramp in your calf muscle may be very painful but the consequences are mild compared to what could happen to your heart.

Even though all the blood from your body flows through your heart, the heart has its own blood supply known as the coronary arteries. We must pay attention to them. If they get blocked the muscle tissue they nourrish will die. The more extensive the death of these tissues the bigger the heart attack.

How could you know if you are at risk for a heart attack?

The first indicator is your family history. If your father, grand father, uncles or aunts died of a heart attack your chances are definitly good you’ll die of one too. Do make changes to your life style and eating habits. We’ll go into this later.

An other good indicator is: how overfed and under nourrished are you? Do you eat too much of poor quality foods?

The next indicator is: do you spend your days at a desk and you evenings in front of the TV?  Does your heartbeat go up over 150 when you go up a flight of stairs?  Can you actually go up a flight of stairs?

I grew up in Canada where we have social medicine. I graduated as an RN there. I remember a class we had on the social impact of social medicine. I remember this data: 80% of the population was paying for the 20% of the population that will not take care of itself through basics sensible good nutrition and hygiene.

Looking at how fat the Canadian women have gotten lately, not as bad as the American women I should say, I cannot but wonder if 40% of the population is paying for 60%. But actually it is the employer that is taxed and pays for social medicine, not the individuals. Michael Moore never mentioned that.

What can we do to help a heart be and stay healthy?

Magnesium is probably the most important mineral for the heart.

Co enzyne Q10 is important for any muscular activity. And we just mentioned that the heart is a muscle. It is an expensive supplement, but worth it.

Vitamin E or any other anti-oxidant are necessary. I like CATAPLEX E from Standard Process as it is a complex E, not just a part of E.

Vitamin C, Vitamin C and Vitamin C: Dr Royal Lee wrote an article in 1943 indicating that all cardiac patients were deficient in Vit C. Get a natural source such as Rosehips.

L Arginine and Creatine are  important amino acids that will keep your heart strong.

Enzymes: many cardiac patients have had a history of gastric and dibestive problems. They have lost the ability to digest proteins which eventually has weakened their heart. The enzyne to digest protein is protease. The heart contains more creatine than any other muscle. One can deduct then, that taking enzymes and eating beef’s heart could help a weak heart. My mom had a great receipe for beef heart.

Compex vitamin B: a deficiency of Bs could cause much damage to the heart, the primary effect of Bs or B compex is to permit a relaxation of the vascular system.

Foods: stay away from processed foods. Eat as natural and as fresh as possible, eat as organic as possible and never overeat. Eat vegetables, fish, beef, poultry, some fruits and some grains. Juicing vegetables on a regular basis is a very good habit.

 START NOW!!!!! GET UP AND START WALKING!!! Don’t go crazy, do what you can now. Do what your level of unfitness dictates you. I suggest a 5 minute walk outside every day for the very fat and out of shape. For the cardiac patient consult your doctor first. If you want to start an exercise regimen for the fisrt time in a long time and you are overweight consult your doctor too. Use common sense.

If you are on any drugs, consult your physician before you start a supplement program.

I hope this summary will help you get and keep a healthy heart.

Have a good day!

Almost every day I have a patient asking me what type of water they should be drinking.

At home we get the Mountain Valley Spring water and we get it in the glass 5 gal. bottle.

This water has been cleaned of impurities, has naturally ocurring minerals and it tastes great. It is in a glass container so we don’t get leakage from plastic.

Now there is a lot of information out there on alkaline water, distilled water, reverse osmosis and all sorts of filters. I made my decision to get spring water after years of drinking and trying out different filter systems, different types of water. I like the taste of spring water and I feel good drinking it.

The most important point in choosing your water is to know where your water comes from. I would not drink any water from a well if the lands nearby have been covered with fertilizers and pesticides. I live in Florida and we have a well, all our neighbours use those chemicals on their grass and I would never drink this water.  We have a water purifyer system in our house, reverse osmmosis, and I don’t trust it could remove all traces of these chemicals. I had it installed so we woudn’t bathe or shower in those chemicals.

How to drink water?

How many times have I seen my patients carrying their bottle of water around where ever they may go and sip here, sip there and oops an other sip before I get on the chiropractic table. NO! Not the correct way to drink water. The sipping way done 100 times throughout the day will only hydrate your mouth turning off the thirst alarm. As your body is not hydrated, the alarm will turn on again in a few minutes.

The correct way to drink water is to drink 8-12-16 ounces at a time. Get the glass or bottle of water to your mouth start swallowing and keep swallowing. This way your body will be hydrated not just your mouth!

I suggest 2-3 liters of water depending on the amount of sweating done during the day.

This brings me to salt. You also need to replenish your minerals. I’ll cover this in a following  blog.

Enjoy your water.

I was eating lunch tuesday and watching the news at CNN. It was reported that the pharmacies were at their lowest in 10 years on prescription filled sales.

Our clinic which provides chhiropractic care, Vax-D, Ion cleanse, nutritional advices and products has been at one of its highest in delivery and sale.

Could this be a national trend?

Could this be the fact that more poeple realise it is more economical to keep a body health than try to fix it once very sick?

Here are the basics of healthy living:

• good uncontaminated non-chemically treated water, 2-3 liters a day
• natural organic free range eggs, beef, poultry and fish
• plenty of fresh vegetables, some fruits and grains
• eat organic as much as possible
• sleep 7-9 hours a night, children 10-12 hours a night
• have a good posture: chest up and abds tight
• exercise daily
• bathe or shower  as needed daily and brush your teeth after meals
• keep your body free of parasites
• take minerals- they are essential to the absorption of vitamins
• have a positive out-look

The following blogs will adress each and every one of these points.

So here is your first tid-bit for a healthy living.

Enjoy!