The three most nutritionally beneficial omega-3 fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Research suggests these omega-3 fatty acids are BETTER ABSORBED BY THE BODY WHEN OBTAINED FROM FOOD rather than omega-3 supplements. Although fatty fish is known as the best source of omega-3s, there are many other foods that contain these health boosting fatty acids.
Salt is the single biggest preventable reason for high blood pressure. When salt is consumed, it activates the same part of the brain as cocaine and heroin addiction. The recommended maximum daily intake of salt for a healthy individual is 2,300 mg; if you’re consuming more than that, you are putting yourself at risk for hypertension, vascular and cardiac damage, and obesity in addition to high blood pressure.
The Yanomami Indiands eat less than 1,000mg of salt a day - and they don’t have hypertension.
The Japanese diet is particularly high in salt, on average containing about 15,000 mg of salt a day - and that culture has the highest rates of hypertension and stroke.
Break the cycle of addiction starting today. Take Dr. Oz’s 28-Day Salt Detox Challenge!
We know that regular exercise helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Researchers at Michigan State recently showed that high-intensity exercise may prevent these diseases more effectively than low intensity exercise (Thrombosis Research, August 2006).
Most heart attacks and strokes occur when plaques lining the arteries break off and pass down the artery to form a clot that completely blocks the flow of blood to the heart or brain. Intense exercise helped prevent clotting by increasing tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 far more than low-intensity exercise did. Other studies show that vigorous exercise also more effective in helping people lose weight. However, vigorous exercise can precipitate heart attacks and strokes, so it’s a good idea to get a stress electrocardiogram before you start a new exercise program or increase the intensity of your current regimen. If your doctor agrees, gradually work up to the point where you can increase the intensity of your workouts once or twice a week.
January 15, 2007
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Dear Health Conscious Reader,
Here’s the most important thing about exercise for your heart…
Endurance training, like cardiovascular endurance (“cardio” for short), is not the only thing your heart and lungs need. It won’t keep your heart and lungs from shrinking with age. And it won’t make your heart less prone to disease.
Here’s proof…
A 30-year study shows endurance exercise leads to a common heart problem.
Norwegian cross-country marathon skiers took part in a study that began in 1976. Researchers wanted to know if the elite athletes would develop heart disease.
They discovered endurance athletes are at unusually high risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), which leads to stroke.
AF is when the two upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating properly. Blood isn’t pumped completely out, so it pools and clots. If a clot breaks loose, it can travel to the brain and cause a stroke.1
In general, only 0.5% of the population has AF. But in the marathon skiers, it rose to 12.8%. What’s surprising, the youngest age group was most at risk. In the 26- to 33-year-old age group, 18.2% developed AF.2
You can have AF and not even know it. Some of the symptoms include:
Research is finally catching up with common sense. Short bursts of intense exercise are what nature intended. It’s better for your heart – and your health.
Your body is designed to adapt to the environment. Forcing yourself to exercise for long periods without rest is not what nature intended. When you do the same repetitive movement over and over like you’re a machine, you cause too much stress on your organs. Stress causes inflammation, and inflammation leads to chronic disease.
In this case, heart disease.
A Harvard study came to the same conclusion. Short bursts of intense exertion lowers the risk of heart disease – and death.3,4
There is an easy way to guard against AF and strengthen your heart. I designed PACE to take minutes – rather than hours – a day. Plus, it gives you a lean and toned body. You can start right now, wherever you are, even if you’ve never exercised a day in your life.
1. Choose a challenge. Choose an activity that challenges you. For one person it might be walking for one minute. For someone else, it might be sprinting full blast. Or use weights. Or a bicycle.
2. Warm up. Start your activity in a slow and controlled manner to get the blood flowing in your body. Become aware of how your body responds. Warm up for about two minutes.
3. Challenge your body. Once you’re warmed up and ready, turn up the intensity. Whatever form of exercise you choose, start at a level you’re comfortable with and put effort into what you do. Start with only a minute or two.
4. Rest and recover. Now relax. Notice your heartbeat. Keep track of how long it takes to get back to normal. Take as long as you need, but when you catch your breath, it’s time to challenge your body again.
5. Repeat. Repeat the challenge followed by rest four to six times. This shouldn’t take you more than 10-12 minutes.
If you want to know more about PACE, click here now.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
It’s a statistical fact that 93% of people quit going to the gym or quit using their home equipment in the first 90 days because of time and results is a very close follower.
At Quick Gym 90.4% rate Quick Gym’s no wait exercise as important/very important. What’s also important is 90% are Satisfied or Very Satisfied with their results. Especially when compared to the primitive gym (all other gyms) programs.
What does that mean. While 93% quit using other gyms and home equipment because of time over 90% are not throwing money away on a membership they are not using.
So while other gyms may be charging as little as $10 a month or $50 a year, if your membership is not being used regularly, it’s not making you any healthier tithing to the “fitness gods”
The Low-Down on Cholesterol:
Why You Need It — and the Real Methods to Get Your Levels Right
Click on the link and read the special report and do your own research to decide why doctors continue to prescribe the harmful statin drugs such as Lipator.
http://mercola.fileburst.com/PDF/Cholesterol_SpecialReport.pdf
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