What You Need to Know About Cholesterol and a Healthy Heart
Posted by admin in Heart health on March 3, 2011
Cholesterol and heart health are some big buzzwords in the medical and healthy living community, but if you don’t know what cholesterol, it’s unlikely that you’re going to know how it can affect the health of your heart. With a few basics, however, you can get a better understanding of this offender, or not, what it can mean for your heart.
It’s All So Confusing
Learning about cholesterol and heart health can be confusing. We only ever hear about the bad stuff, so it’s often not impressed upon us that cholesterol is a lipid which our livers make and we need it to survive. In fact, you probably didn’t know that there is cholesterol in nearly every cell of our bodies, because that’s what makes up the protective coating of the cells in the body. In fact, this lipid helps all of our cells to maintain the essential shape and stay living. Read the rest of this entry »
Health Solutions
Posted by admin in Heart health on March 2, 2011
We often say: my heart’s not in it anymore; my heart is sore; my heart is breaking. This is much more literal than we thought! In all cultures and religions, the experience of peace, love, healing and harmony are seated in the heart and thymus (responsible for immunity) region in the chest. Feelings of love also have a positive influence on the immune system, hormones and cognitive brain function.
Healing ideas for your heart
Opening your heart to healing your physical body to release cell memories, optimise physical health and use the body to connect you to your mind, emotions and soul essence
- Identify body signals of severe stress: feel the pain, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, depression.
- Breathing exercises to open the chest area, expand the lungs, increase oxygenation of cells: belly or diaphragmatic breathing, bellows breathing, alternate nostril breathing.
- Progressive deep muscle relaxation.
- Specific yoga exercises: head, neck and shoulder stretches and rotations; cobra pose; half locust pose; head-to-knee pose; forward bending pose; shoulder stand, even if you simply lift your feet onto the seat of a chair; chest extension or fish pose; spinal twist; sun salutation; dead man’s pose to end.
- Work with arms – reaching out, drawing in with dance movements such as Nia technique, and slow, mindful movement like Tai ‘chi.
- Following a heart health eating plan.
- Using heart health food supplements and herbal remedies. Read the rest of this entry »
The Amazing Facts About Fish Oil For Heart Health
Posted by admin in Heart health on March 1, 2011
Some of the best news about the health benefits linked to fish oil are how it is believed to help support healthy heart conditions. The oil from healthy fish has navigated its way through the twists and turns of medical science and research to now be viewed by many as a natural source of highly beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA. These nutrients known as DHA and EPA are ingredients in this health food, that can do wonders to help support a person’s health. They are found most abundantly in pure and highly concentrated fish oil.
Some people think they can get DHA and EPA in oils that are derived from certain plants, such as flax seed, but it is important to know that those plant oils come in ALA form that still needs to be converted by the body into DHA and EPA. Meanwhile, fish oil offers pure DHA and EPA that is ready to be Read the rest of this entry »