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Does Eating This
Prevent Premature Cardiovascular Death?
Eating This Halves
Cardiovascular Deaths
We
know that eating healthy is important. But just how important is it?
Well,
what about if it cuts your risk of dying from stroke
or heart attack by half? And that’s just by making a few small diet changes.
In
a study recently released in the European Journal of Epidemiology, scientists
wanted to know just how many premature cardiovascular deaths could be prevented
by eating a nutritious diet and thus consulted a Global Burden of Disease Study conducted
between 1990 and 2016 to find out more.
From
this large study, they collected information regarding the typical food
consumption of 12 nutrient groups from about 51 countries, their prevalence of
11 cardiovascular diseases, and the prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors.
They
were particularly interested in the under consumption of fiber, whole grains,
vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and omega-3 oils; and the overconsumption of
nutritionally-empty items, such as refined grains, sugar, processed meat, trans fats, and salt.
They
found that 2.1 million of the 4.3 million cardiovascular deaths that occurred
in Europe in 2016 could have been prevented through healthier dieting.
To
put this in another way, 22.4 percent of all premature deaths and 49.2 percent
of premature cardiovascular deaths could’ve been prevented.
429,220
(20 percent) of the deaths resulted from a diet low in whole grains, 341,185
(16.2 percent) of the deaths resulted from a lack of nuts and seeds, 261,965
(12.5 percent)of the deaths resulted from low fruit consumption, 251,437 (12
percent) of the deaths resulted from high salt intake, 227,276 (10.8 percent)of
the deaths resulted from low omega-3 consumption, 188,915 deaths resulted from
too little vegetables, 148,668 resulted from too little legumes, and 120,241
deaths resulted from too little fiber. The others accounted for fewer than
100,000 cardiovascular deaths.
Watch
this video to get more ideas on how to prevent premature cardiovascular death -
How to Prevent Sudden Death Due to Heart Disease
But if you have to drastically lower your
cholesterol level and prevent premature cardiovascular death, you only need to cut this ONE single ingredient that you didn’t even know you were consuming…
And to drop your high blood pressure to below 120/80
today, you need to do these three exercises for nine minutes…
Does Aspirin Work to
Prevent Premature Cardiovascular Death?
Surprising Aspirin
and Heart Health Discovery
For
some decades, doctors have been prescribing aspirin
– as blood thinners – to anyone with the risk of heart disease.
But
does it really help? This has never been thoroughly researched.
Recently,
a group of American and Australian scientists conducted three major studies to
find the underlying cause of this question.
And
their terrifying findings regarding the myth of aspirin
was published in The
New England Journal of Medicine.
In the first of these, the scientists gave
19,114 American and Australian seniors who were over the age of 65 either a 100
mg dose of aspirin or a placebo (fake tablets) daily.
After
an average of 4.7 years, no difference was found in the rate of cardiovascular diseases between the two groups, suggesting that the aspirin did
arguably nothing.
The
huge downside was that those who did take aspirin were 38% more likely than the
placebo users to suffer from a major hemorrhage. These hemorrhages included
uncontrolled bleeding in the gastrointestinal tracts and the brains of the
subjects.
In the second study performed by the same
research team on the same group of volunteers, the aspirin and placebo groups
were compared to see whether the former would have a lower rate of persistent physical
disability and dementia,
and whether they would live longer, since that was the point behind taking
aspirin.
However,
they again discovered that the aspirin group did not live any longer and were
no less likely to have dementia and physical disability than those in the
placebo group.
And,
again, they were 38% more likely to suffer a major hemorrhage.
The third study, also performed by the
same researchers on the same volunteers, compared the aspirin and placebo
groups to see who were more likely to die, along with the cause for it.
Interestingly,
aspirin-takers were 14% more likely to die of any cause during the follow-up
period of almost five years in comparison to the placebo takers.
Cancer
posed the biggest risk of death for the aspirin group, as they were 31% more
likely than placebo users to die of cancer.
When
combined, these studies showed that aspirin was not a great way to prevent
heart disease or to prolong a disability-free life, partly because it did not
actually achieve any of those intended goals, and partly because getting a
major hemorrhage is a serious side effect that could also prove fatal.
If
this surprises you because you were led to believe that aspirin is a natural
substance, this is not strictly true.
Salicylic
acid, the active ingredient in aspirin, is derived from the willow tree, from
jasmine, and from many common foods, but the salicylic acid in modern aspirin
is artificially synthesized in laboratories and is thus no longer natural.
Therefore,
instead of artificially thinning your blood with artificial drugs, choose to
eat foods rich in salicylic acid, such as: artichokes, apricots, avocados,
blackberries, blueberries, broccoli, cauliflower, coffee, cucumber, eggplant,
grapes, legumes, mushrooms, oranges, peaches, pineapples, plums, radishes,
spinach, strawberries, sweet potato, tomatoes, watermelon, and all nuts and
seeds.
And most importantly, you must clear out the
cholesterol plaque buildup in your heart arteries to prevent premature
cardiovascular death (this is different from just lowering your cholesterol
level). To do that, you need to cut out this ONE ingredient that you didn’t even know you were consuming…
And if you need to get your blood pressure
under control, discover how 3 easy exercises can drop high blood pressure below 120/80 – beginning from today…
Avoid this Unhealthy Sleep Habit in order to
Prevent Premature Cardiovascular Death
This Sleep Habit
Doubles Heart Attack Risk
You
know that eating well, exercising, not smoking and other healthy lifestyles are
very important in order to avoid heart attacks and stroke, along with keeping your cholesterol
and blood pressure at bay.
Now
a new study, presented at The European Society of Cardiology annual congress
has revealed a factor that is even more important.
It’s
a specific sleep habit.
Apparently,
sleeping the wrong way will harden your arteries and can double your risk of
having a stroke or heart attack.
Swedish
scientists found that middle-aged men who slept five hours or less a night had
double the risk of heart disease as compared to those who slept seven or eight hours.
In
1993, 798 50-year-old men from Gothenburg agreed to participate in the study.
They
underwent a medical examination and completed questionnaires regarding their
health and sleeping habits.
Using
this information, the scientists divided them into groups that had five or less
sleeping hours, six sleeping hours, seven to eight sleeping hours, and those
that had more than eight hours of sleep.
The
researchers then observed them for 21 years to see who would suffer cardiovascular
events.
Those
who slept for five or less hours per night had a doubled risk of suffering a
major cardiovascular event when compared with those who slept between seven and
eight hours.
This
group also had a considerably higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, and
diabetes.
If you have trouble sleeping, here is a simple technique that will knock you out in 10 minutes – and keep you asleep for 8 hours…
And if your cholesterol is too high, it’s actually quite easy to normalize it painlessly, simply by cutting out this one ingredient you didn’t even know you were consuming…
This post is from the
Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy Program. It was created by Scott Davis. Because
he once suffered from high cholesterol, so much so that he even had a severe
heart attack. This is what essentially led him to finding healthier
alternatives to conventional medication. Oxidized
Cholesterol Strategy is a unique online program that provides you
with all the information you need to regain control of your cholesterol levels
and health, as a whole.
