[frank]

Hello to all. Recently I stumbled upon some threads that were related to heart problems and keeping up our health, generally speaking. The folks there were discussing some of the major heart disorders and related approaches to dealing with and managing them. It was informative and I was also able to visit the links page that led me to some other interesting sites to learn even more about heart functions and subsequent heart health. I seem to have come to an end, as I cannot find anything new and I do not believe that I have an appropriate course of action and solution yet.

[nomagicbullett]

Read your post looking for more info out there about heart health. I can tell you that every year doctors announce some new magic pill or surgical techinique to cure heart disease. And each year, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Doctors just don’t get it. Over the years, they have attributed the cause cardiovascular disease to smoking, eating habits, weight problems, high-cholesterol, high blood pressure, and just plain genetic bad luck. But even now, scientists are discovering that free radicals, Omega-6 fatty acids, high homocysteine levels, circulating immune complexes in the blood, overall systemic inflammation, and more also play fundamental roles in the onset of heart disease.

I search the web everyday for info about heart health given the fact that my entire family died of heart disease at an early age (I'm 54). I found some compelling newsletters written in layman's terms that you might want to check out. I found out that cardiovascualr health is possible and heart disease even reversible! This information may be shocking to some, but it could open your eyes to a whole new world of how alternative medicine can help heal even the most dire health conditions, once you get to the root of the problem in the first place. Check out the health newsletters written by Jon Barron from a health foundation called Baseline of Health Nutritionals.

[murphmitch]

I recommend "The South Beach Heart Health Revolution: Cardiac Prevention That Can Reverse Heart Disease and Stop Heart Attacks and Strokes". I read this book and learned a lot. New tests that are much more meaningful than just a cholesterol level or even and HDL/LDL level. It's the lipoprotein subfraction test that looks at the type of cholesterol molecule you have. Small dense molecules burrow into the artery lining and damage it. Large fluffy ones do not. So the type is more important than the total number. I thought it was very cutting edge.