ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Heart Health: Surprising insights, Part II
Holly Carling
In Part I of "Heart Health: Surprising insights," we talked about several aspects of health or lifestyle that contribute to, or help cardiovascular (CV) health. This second part discusses the nutrition key.
Nutrients: This is a big one. The heart needs a good balance of minerals — especially Magnesium, Potassium, and Calcium, but in food forms, not as isolates. Calcium can also get you into trouble. The best calcium is ionizable calcium, like Calcium Lactate (not from dairy). It is needed for muscular contraction, the electrical impulses in the heart, blood vessel tone, proper coagulation and cell signaling. Calcium carbonate is the worst kind of calcium and can contribute to hardening of the arteries and other problems. You should not be able to feel your heart at any time (unless climbing stairs or running). If you do, it can be a sign of nutritional deficiencies, either of minerals or of B Vitamins.
B Vitamins are critical to the tone of the heart, homocysteine metabolism, red blood cell formation, energy and cellular production, antioxidant activity and cholesterol metabolism. However, most B Vitamins are synthetic and don’t have those positive benefits. B Vitamins should be in a food form.
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