Heart Failure: Ways to Better Heart Health

The Human Heart

The term "heart failure" does not mean that the heart has stopped working; it actually means that the heart has stopped functioning as efficiently as it should.
Heart failure is a serious condition, and usually has no cure. But when the condition is managed with proper medications and healthy lifestyle, people with the condition can enjoy a full life.

Some symptoms of heart failure are;

·         Fatigue and shortness of breath.

·         Normal everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs or carrying groceries becomes very difficult.

Abnormal Heart

   Now here are some basic tips to help better the function of your heart 

•  Touch and be touched- Many scientific studies have shown that people who were touched lovingly every day had significantly fewer heart problems than the control group.

• Surround yourself with people you love and who love you, make up with your enemies-having good relationships with other people improve your chances of being well physically and mentally. 

•    Go for a walk, jump rope, and swim. Or do leg lifts and arm raises from your bed or wheelchair: however you can do it, do it! Regular exercise is a vital key to healthy heart.

• Meditate- it will help you become more stable emotionally, enhance your ability to empathise with other people, reduce your stress and increase your brain size.

• Stop smoking- nourish yourself with a handful of sunflower seed and a cup of nettle or oat straw infusion daily for 4 to 6 weeks before quitting. Sunflower seeds reduce the body’s craving for nicotine by filling the nicotine receptor sites. The infusions strengthen blood vessels and nerves and cushion the impact of withdrawal.

• Eat sea foods-  sea foods have been shown to stabilize blood pressure, regulate levels of triglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterols, they dissolve fatty build-ups in the blood vessels, they can restore cardiac efficiency and prolong the life of the heart muscle, and they encourage  a steady heart beat.

• Eat food rich in beta-carotenes: foods rich in beta-carotene can cut your risk of a stroke by 40 percent. They include carrots, cabbage, winter squash, sweet potatoes, dark leafy greens, apricots, and seaweeds.

• Eat garlic- study after study has confirmed garlic’s abilities to lower blood pressure, reduce phospholipids and cholesterol, strengthen heart action, increase immune response, reduce platelet clumping and clotting (thus reduce strokes) and stabilize blood sugar levels. Eat garlic raw or lightly cooked, several cloves a day. 

• Eat foods rich in essential fatty acids- fresh pressed oils of wheat germ or flax are especially nourishing.

• Drink lemon balm tea- it is so strengthen to the heart that there’s an old saying about it: “Those who drink lemon balm tea daily will live forever!” You can also steep a handful of fresh leaves in a glass of white wine for an hour or so and drink it with dinner. Or make lemon balm vinegar to use on your salads.

• Avoid restrictive diets. Frequent dieting, fasting, binging and purging imbalance your electrolytes levels, causing weakening of the heart muscle and damage to the heart.

• Eat as much as you want of: whole grains, vegetables, beans, greens, fruits, fish, seeds, and yogurt. Go easy on: nuts, cheese, and milk.

 Please, these tips are not meant to take the place of a doctor in cases of “heart failure.” See your doctor immediately you notice the symptoms mentioned above. If not, you can practice them to keep “heart failure” away.