Best Natural Foods That Cleanse Your Arteries (Rose Tjandra)

Advanced SearchHomeSubmit ArticlesTop AuthorsLatest ArticlesTop ArticlesLoginHome » Health » Alternative MedicineBest Natural Foods That Cleanse Your ArteriesBy Rose TjandraMar 12, 2012The flexibility of the arteries that supplies blood and oxygen to the body should be intact. There are many important processes that take place in these arteries. Major changes takes place in these arteries that contribute to the proper functioning of heart.

Deposits that are accumulated on these arteries can cause serious issues. These deposits are mainly cholesterol, cellular waste product, fatty substance and calcium. If the deposits are frequent without any care then this might block the flow of blood in arteries. The situation might be dangerous and can lead to a cardiac arrest or a heart stroke depending upon the capability of a person to manage the blockage.

Plaques which build up inside the arteries are the main cause of heart stroke. You should avoid any cardiac illness because it might lead to death as well. Have food which is good for your heart and keeps your heart healthy. Do regular cardio vascular exercises that keep the heart pumping and blood cleaning. Avoid intake or consumption of such foods which will trigger blockage of arteries. Here are some foods have been identifies which are good for cleansing the arteries. These type of foods are mentioned below-

1. The grapefruits which contains a special type of fiber known as pectin and this pectin is famous to lower down the increment of atherosclerosis.

2. Green tea is one of the best drinks for the heart as suggested by many experts. This green tea has an ingredient that prevents the blood clot and makes the arteries free smooth and available for hassle free blood flow.

3. An apple a day keeps a doctor away a very famous saying about apple and works great for heart.

4. Beans like Garbanzo are also very beneficial for smoothening of arteries. Survey shows that proper consumption of Garbanzo will definitely give protection from all cardiac issues major or minor.

5. The olive oil is essential for the better performance of heart. The oxidized cholesterol is prevented by the use of olive oil to stick to the walls of arteries. The formation of plaques is minimized by the use of olive oil. This oil speaks for heart as it has what it takes to secure the heart from artery blockage.

6. Spinach is also equally goof for the proper functioning of the heart. It has vitamin A and Vitamin C. These two vitamins work great for heart and prevent any sort of cholesterol formation that might harm the arteries and increases the risk of heart strokes.

7. Salmon or any omega 3 rich fatty acid is efficient in making the arteries smooth and clean.

8. Tomatoes which are easily available and are affordable as well will definitely do well to your heart. The lycopene that is found in tomatoes is very beneficial for heart. The antioxidant nature of this lycopene makes an attempt to stop or restrict the formation of plaques and makes the arteries smooth and free from any blockage.

9. Swiss chard which is again an antioxidant and is beautifully made for the heart to function properly. Atherosclerosis is prevented by this swiss chard and it has proved efficient in maintain the flow of quality blood in arteries.

10. Garlic. Since ancient times, garlic has been used to treat heart diseases ( including high cholesterol, atherosclerosis ) and hypertension. A study published in Preventive Medicine shows that garlic can prevent and reverse coronary artery calcification.

11. Pomegranate is an excellent source of antioxidant that can help reduce artery hardening. A daily glass of pomegranate juice can help cleanse your arteries and improve blood flow in your arteries. A new study shows that pomegranate juice may help fight hardening of the arteries and related diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes.

12. Berries (such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, and blueberries) contain powerful antioxidants flavonoids that can help fight artery hardening and protect artery walls from plaque.

There are many other foods which will help you to restore the health of your heart. Diet is the key for a healthy heart but regular work outs should not be missed. Simple aerobics of a brisk walk of 3 kilometers daily would definitely help you make your heart healthy.About the AuthorIf you want more information about Health please visit at http://www.chicnhealth.com. Find effective relieve muscle soreness at http://buy-biofreeze.com/.Rating:Please Rate:

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Basic Arm Strokes for Massage

Arms Strokes

Basic Arm Strokes



First, gently hold the right wrist in your right hand. Then with the little-finger side leading, slide your left hand up the outside of the right arm.



Pivot on the shoulder tip and slide down on the back side of the arm.

Connecting ARMS Stroke



Now let your left hand hold the wrist away from his/her body.Slide your right hand up the inside of the right arm, with your little-finger side leading.



Just before the underarm,pivot your hand to the back side of the shoulder and slide downward on the back side of the arm.

Upper Arm Stroke



Hold the right hand on your left rib cage. Slide your left hand upward on the outside of his/her upper arm while your right hand slides downward on the back side.

Forearm Stroke



Holding the forearm upright, slide the flat sides of your thumbs down the inside of the forearm. Let your thumbs be parallel with each other

When your thumbs reach the inner side of the elbow, lighten your touch and slide your hands back up to the wrist.

Continue with the right hand before massaging the left arm.

Let’s drink to lower stroke incidence in women

ACSH has long advocated the heath benefits associated with moderate alcohol consumption. Now a new review of data from the Nurses’ Health Study, published in the journal Stroke, finds that one drink a day may lower a woman’s risk of stroke.
 
After tracking the health of over 80,000 women between 1980 and 2006, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that, compared to teetotalers, women who consumed half a glass to a glass and a half of wine daily had about a 20 percent reduced risk of stroke. The benefit was the same for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and the analysis accounted for risk factors such as age, smoking, hormone use, aspirin use, hypertension, and history of atrial fibrillation.

“In addition to potentially lowering the risk of heart disease, it seems that moderate alcohol consumption is also beneficial in reducing women’s stroke risk,” says ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. “The American Heart Association recommends no more than one to two drinks daily for men and one drink per day for women. Too much alcohol, however, raises the risk of cardiovascular disease.”

Docs turn up the heat on parents to vaccinate their kids

While scientists around the world advocate for adult and childhood immunizations to counter the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases, many pediatricians are also doing their part to discourage parents from refusing to vaccinate their children.

An article yesterday in USA Today provides an excellent description of the steps some pediatricians are taking to improve compliance with the recommended vaccine schedules — not only to help their patients stay healthy, but also to maintain a safe environment in their practices so that children will not be exposed to potentially dangerous communicable diseases from unvaccinated children.

Some of the measures pediatricians take to encourage parents to accept vaccinations include counseling them on the benefits and extremely low risks of vaccines, making parents sign a waiver if they bring a child in who is not vaccinated, or even refusing to accept patients who have not received their vaccinations.

The article also highlights the potentially devastating consequences of avoiding vaccines. For instance, one pediatrician’s two-week-old infant became severely ill with whooping cough and needed to be put in an intensive care unit because she treated a patient who had this disease while she was pregnant.

“This story is truly illustrative of the problematic situation in this country regarding vaccinations and vividly demonstrates two of our main messages,” comments ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. “One is that adults and teens need to be sure to get booster shots for whooping cough, not just to protect themselves, but also to keep little ones safe, since they are particularly susceptible to the disease. Second, pediatricians need to be firm with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Even if physicians don’t simply refuse to see these families, they should certainly counsel them and discourage such superstitious and dangerous fears.”

Yet some parents are still foregoing vaccines out of concern that they can overload a child’s immune system and cause autism. ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan points out that “there is no scientific basis for this argument. Children’s immune systems are bombarded with antigens all the time, at levels far higher than what exists in vaccines. Their immune systems are not overloaded. Much of this misinformation originated in a phony study done in 1998 by Andrew Wakefield. While debunked and discredited, its effects linger on.”

An Apple a day keeps doctors in play

It turns out that doctors and medical residents may now represent a new niche market for Apple iPads. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that when 115 internal medicine residents from the University of Chicago were given the tablet computers for four months, they reported that the devices saved them about an hour of work per day. Ninety percent of the residents also said they used the tablets to help with work, including accessing patient medical records, the hospital’s paging system, and medical publications.
 
Researchers also found that the iPads increased orders placed before 7 a.m. rounds by 5 percent, and that 8 percent more orders were placed before residents were scheduled to leave the hospital.

“The implementation of personal mobile computing was associated with improvements in both perceived and actual resident efficiency,” the authors wrote.
 
ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross thinks that adding iPads to hospitals is a nifty and efficient advancement in patient care. “Now doctors can spend less time waiting for a computer in the charting area, and they also have easy access for writing orders. Hopefully,” he says, “this will translate to devoting more time to patients.”

Scourge of childhood leukemia deflated

Up until the early 1980s, a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) — the most common form of childhood leukemia — was considered a death sentence. Now a new study finds that five-year survival rates for kids with ALL rose to 90 percent in the period 2000 to 2005.
 
Each year, about 12,000 children aged 14 and younger are diagnosed with cancer, and about 34 percent of these cases are leukemia. ALL accounts for approximately 75 percent of all childhood leukemia cases, which is why the vast improvement in survival rates over the last few decades is so crucial.

The latest study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, analyzed data on over 21,000 patients who were diagnosed with childhood leukemia between 1990 and 2005. Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine found that ten-year ALL survival rates increased from 80 percent between 1990 and 1994, to 84 percent in 1995 to 1999. The recent results show that this positive trend is continuing.
 
ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross was quite pleased with the latest statistics, especially considering that, when he was a medical student, an ALL diagnosis had a 90 percent mortality rate. “Now it’s the opposite,” he says, “90 percent of kids are surviving — it’s just a miraculous breakthrough.”  

Alzheimer's Association Fact: Alzheimer's Strikes Every 68 Seconds

The Alzheimer's Association just released a new Fact Sheet this week. Here's a synopsis of some of the sobering statistics they provide:

Every 68 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's. That number is projected to grow to one every 33 seconds by 2050, resulting in 16 million Americans with dementia.Currently, an estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's. 5.2 million are over the age of 65, while approximately 200,000 are younger than 65. The cost of caring for persons with Alzheimer's in the U.S. in 2012 is $200 billion. Those costs are largely due to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements for care and services provided. The estimated cost in 2050 is $1.1 trillion in today's dollars.1 in 8 adults over the age of 65 have Alzheimer's. Over the age of 85, almost half of Americans have Alzheimer's.1 person out of 7 with Alzheimer's lives alone, and up to half of those don't have an identifiable caregiver.Of the top 10 causes of death, Alzheimer's is ranked at number six. While all other top ten causes have declined from 2000 to 2008, the number of deaths due to Alzheimer's has increased by 66%. All other top 10 causes also have had some success in effectively preventing or curing the disease, while Alzheimer's has none. There are a few medications that attempt to slow the progression of Alzheimer's, but their success is limited. Approximately 60% of caregivers for Alzheimer's or other dementias report that they're highly or very highly emotionally stressed, and a third of caregivers report feelings of depression.

View the dementia statistics for each state to see how your area is faring.

We all need to increase awareness of the widespread devastation and cost that this disease brings with it. Spread the word, please.

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