Heart Health

The heart works hard beating about 100,000 times a day and keeps blood pumping throughout your body. Some easy ways to evaluate the health of your heart is pulse rate and blood pressure. The faster your pulse is the less efficient your heart is. Keeping your pulse below 75 beats per minute allows the heart to be more efficient. The range of blood pressure is important as it tells you how forceful your blood is traveling in your body. The higher it is, the more friction against the artery walls and the more chance of arterial damage.

Cholesterol levels are related to your diet. The cholesterol that is flowing in your blood comes from saturated fats and refined carbohydrates. There is the low density lipoprotein (LDL, the bad cholesterol), and you want it to be lower than 130. Bad cholesterol LDL can cause build up in your arteries and… Read More…

Cholesterol is one of the most familiar medical words today. Everyone knows “something” about it , but mostly cholesterol is associated in our mind with something “bad” and “unwanted” that happens to old and overweight people.The facts show that about 20 percent of the U.S. population has high blood cholesterol levels.

Actually holesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance (lipid) that your body needs for many important functions, such as producing new cells , some hormones, vitamin D, and the bile acids that help to digest fat.. It is present in cell walls or membranes everywhere in the body, including the brain, nerves, muscle, skin, liver, intestines, and heart.

In fact our bodies need cholesterol to function normally, but too much cholesterol can be bad for our health. Why ? Cholesterol and other fats can’t dissolve in the blood. They have to be transported to and from the cells by special… Read More…