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| HEALTH
- Prevent heart disease |
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Major cause of heart disease is family history and genetics
and even with the best of preventive care, heart attacks
happen. The preventive
measures for high blood pressure are also
beneficial for heart disease and stroke.
Regular exercise, healthy diet (lacto-vegetarian, low
sodium and calories with emphasis on whole grains, seeds,
fruits and vegetables.) and maintaining normal body
weight are crucial to the prevention of heart disease
and stroke. Eat fish at least every alternate day. Manage
high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, high level
of the amino acid homocysteine in the blood, high content
of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein
(HDL) in blood with or with out medication.
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| Avoid
or reduce to minimum - all white flour products, sweets,
soft drinks, all hard fats of animal origin red meats
tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco. Avoid or reduce the
amount of food that are industrially processed, artificially
made or heavily fried. Also take a baby aspirin daily
in consultation with your family doctor.
Also refer
" Tips
to control OBESITY " and " For
a healthy heart ".
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Home remedies to prevent heart disease
In addition to
the home remedies described under high
blood pressure or hypertension the following
home remedies will be helpful in preventing heart disease
and stroke.
Use liberally Onion with all salads and it is an effective
preventive edible against heart attack. It is because
of the presence of aliypropyl disulphide, catechol,
protocatechuic acid thiopropiono aldehyde, thiocynate
and minerals and vitamins.Green
vegetables, particularly outer leaves of cabbage are
good sources of vitamin E as it promotes cardiac function
by oxygenic feed the cells and improves circulation
and muscle strength of heart. Choose recipes that include
vegetables like cabbage, onion, carrots, radish, spinach,
plantain, bitter guard, pumpkin, drumstick, tomato,
cucumber etc or fruits as the main ingredient. Avoid
vegetables like cauliflower, brinjal, ladies finger
and mustard leaves from diet. Also fruits like guava,
jack fruit and tamarind to be avoided.
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Include tender drumstick (Moringa
oleifera) leaves in your diet or drink ½ ounce
juice every morning as it act as a hypercholesterolemic(lowers
cholesterol) agent especially in obese people.
Water kept in a copper vessel
more than 12 hours should be taken early morning in
empty stomach helps in the prevention and cure of
heart diseases.
Whole plant juice of Mandukaparni (centella asitica),
mix with honey (½ ounce each) to be taken in
the morning in empty stomach. This is a very good
heart tonic.
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