If you have been advised to reduce your sodium intake, you may wonder about using a “salt substitute.” Before you try one, check with your doctor. Here’s why: 1. Some salt substitutes or “lite” salts contain a mixture of sodium chloride (salt) and other compounds. To achieve that familiar salty taste, you may end up using more of the salt substitute, and the result is that you do not reduce your sodium intake at all. 2. Potassium chloride is a common ingredient in salt substitutes. Too much potassium can be harmful for people with kidney problems or people who are taking certain medications for the treatment of high blood pressure or heart failure. Some diuretics such as amiloride (Midamor), spironolactone (Aldactone), and triamterene (Dyrenium) and medications that combine hydrochlorothiazide with one of the above generic drugs (such as Moduretic, Aldactazide, Dyazide, Maxzide) cause the kidneys to retain potassium. If you take one of these medications, you may need to limit the amount of potassium you eat.
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After severe muscular exercise the amount of blood returned by the veins to the heart increases. Something similar occurs when there is anemia, lack of oxygen, over-activity of the thyroid gland or fever Increase in materials carried in the blood occurs also in the toxemia of pregnancy, in dropsy, or with disturbances in the way in which the body uses salt and water.
As the inflow increases, the pressure in the blood vessels into which blood is pumped lessens. The heart beats more rapidly and strongly. As long as the heart can handle the change in its load of work, the patient may not be too much disturbed. When the load gets too big and the reserve power of the heart is damaged, emptying of the heart will fail to keep up with the inflow of blood. This may cause beginning failure of the heart.
If the flow of blood into the heart is inadequate, the tissues of the body will not get the blood and oxygen that they need. If this occurs suddenly, as it may do from a variety of causes, the brain does not get the blood and oxygen that it needs and the person faints or collapses. If the onset is gradual the blood vessels may accommodate themselves by contracting in less vital areas.
A sudden, severe lessening of inflow may occur after a large hemorrhage, by loss of fluid into the tissues as occurs in shock and burns, or as a result of insufficient water intake, or large loss of water as takes place in diarrhea. Pouring of much blood into the legs with large, dilated veins will lessen heart inflow, as will also some disturbances of the nervous system. Some drugs that greatly dilate veins or permit pouring of fluid into the tissues have a similar effect.
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1. Plenty of exercise, both as preventative and therapeutic measures in heart disease, is imperative. Walking, jogging, jumping ropes, riding a horse or bicycle, swimming, etc. Not only would sufficient exercise in fresh air prevent most heart problems, but for those who survived a heart attack, exercise is singularly the most important measure to assure complete recovery and prolong life. There is a famous rehabilitation center for former heart attack victims in Yugoslavia where the only therapeutic program is gradually increased walks in hilly terrain. Patients, who could hardly walk 100 feet on arrival ” because of heart damage, walk and jog several miles in a few weeks, and leave the center able to continue with their normal work.
2. The second most important preventative and therapeutic factor in heart disease is vitamin E. Those who have a heart condition should take preventive doses, 600 up to 1,200 IU a day, and surviving heart attack patients should take 1,600 to 2,000 IU of vitamin E a day for the rest of their lives.
3. Avoid smog. Smoggy air definitely adversely affects a heart condition.
4. Avoid emotional stresses and worries. Severe emotional stress causes spasmatic constriction of arteries and may contribute to heart attack.
5. According to Dr. Royal Lee, the administration of cytotrophic extract of beef heart tissue is extremely effective in correction of heart abnormalities and in restoration of heart function after a heart attack.
6. Do not smoke! A recently completed ten-year study made in Stockholm, Sweden, shows that smoking is the surest way to become a heart attack candidate. Study shows that 82 percent of all men who died of a heart attack were smokers. The other important factors that contributed to heart attacks were: emotional stress, lack of regular exercise, alcohol and high cholesterol and lipid (fat) count in the blood.
7. If other measures fail, possibly periodic blood-letting can be considered, especially for those with high viscosity blood. Blood-letting is an ancient method, recently rediscovered by modern science.
8. Atherosclerosis, with excessive cholesterol and lipids in the arteries, is one of the main causes of coronary heart disease. It has been clinically demonstrated that atherosclerosis may be caused largely by C-vitamin deficiency. Administration of large doses of vitamin С (1,000 to 3,000 mg.) daily resulted in drastic reduction of blood serum cholesterol.
Note: Administration of vitamin С to atherosclerotic patients may temporarily result in rise of serum cholesterol levels due to mobilization of the arterial cholesterol deposits. Although this is not serious and the continued treatment will eventually bring serum cholesterol level down, the phenomenon should be closely observed by a doctor, especially in coronary cases.
There are eight other nutritional substances which play a vital role in maintaining proper levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood and arteries:
a. Vitamin F, or unsaturated fatty acids. Sources are: crude, cold-pressed vegetable oils, raw seeds and nuts and grains. Also available in capsule form.
b. Lecithin. Best food sources are unrefined, raw, crude vegetable oils, seeds, nuts and grains. Also available in granular, or liquid form, or in capsules,
с Chromium. The best natural food sources of chromium are: unsaturated cold-pressed oils, whole grains, organically grown fruits and vegetables, raw sugar and sugar cane, and brewer’s yeast. Also in naturally hard drinking water.
d. Niacin. Normalizes blood clotting and markedly reduces cholesterol levels in arteries. Best food sources: brewer’s yeast, whole grain products.
e. Calcium. Extra supplementary calcium reduces blood cholesterol. Best sources: milk, bone meal, sesame seeds, vegetables.
f. B6 (pyrodoxine). It has been shown that prolonged deficiency of vitamin B6 will lead to damage to arteries and consequent atherosclerotic development.
g. Magnesium. It has been shown that plentiful magnesium in the diet is imperative to health of the heart. Magnesium strengthens the heart muscle, and can prevent atherosclerosis and heart attack, h. Zinc. Recent research shows that low zinc values are associated with atherosclerosis (William Strain, et al.). Best food sources of zinc; seeds, nuts, grains, milk, eggs.
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR HEART DISEASE
1. Plenty of exercise, both as preventative and therapeutic measures in heart disease, is imperative. Walking, jogging, jumping ropes, riding a horse or bicycle, swimming, etc. Not only would sufficient exercise in fresh air prevent most heart problems, but for those who survived a heart attack, exercise is singularly the most important measure to assure complete recovery and prolong life. There is a famous rehabilitation center for former heart attack victims in Yugoslavia where the only therapeutic program is gradually increased walks in hilly terrain. Patients, who could hardly walk 100 feet on arrival ” because of heart damage, walk and jog several miles in a few weeks, and leave the center able to continue with their normal work.2. The second most important preventative and therapeutic factor in heart disease is vitamin E. Those who have a heart condition should take preventive doses, 600 up to 1,200 IU a day, and surviving heart attack patients should take 1,600 to 2,000 IU of vitamin E a day for the rest of their lives.3. Avoid smog. Smoggy air definitely adversely affects a heart condition.4. Avoid emotional stresses and worries. Severe emotional stress causes spasmatic constriction of arteries and may contribute to heart attack.5. According to Dr. Royal Lee, the administration of cytotrophic extract of beef heart tissue is extremely effective in correction of heart abnormalities and in restoration of heart function after a heart attack.6. Do not smoke! A recently completed ten-year study made in Stockholm, Sweden, shows that smoking is the surest way to become a heart attack candidate. Study shows that 82 percent of all men who died of a heart attack were smokers. The other important factors that contributed to heart attacks were: emotional stress, lack of regular exercise, alcohol and high cholesterol and lipid (fat) count in the blood.7. If other measures fail, possibly periodic blood-letting can be considered, especially for those with high viscosity blood. Blood-letting is an ancient method, recently rediscovered by modern science. 8. Atherosclerosis, with excessive cholesterol and lipids in the arteries, is one of the main causes of coronary heart disease. It has been clinically demonstrated that atherosclerosis may be caused largely by C-vitamin deficiency. Administration of large doses of vitamin С (1,000 to 3,000 mg.) daily resulted in drastic reduction of blood serum cholesterol. Note: Administration of vitamin С to atherosclerotic patients may temporarily result in rise of serum cholesterol levels due to mobilization of the arterial cholesterol deposits. Although this is not serious and the continued treatment will eventually bring serum cholesterol level down, the phenomenon should be closely observed by a doctor, especially in coronary cases.There are eight other nutritional substances which play a vital role in maintaining proper levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood and arteries:a. Vitamin F, or unsaturated fatty acids. Sources are: crude, cold-pressed vegetable oils, raw seeds and nuts and grains. Also available in capsule form.b. Lecithin. Best food sources are unrefined, raw, crude vegetable oils, seeds, nuts and grains. Also available in granular, or liquid form, or in capsules, с Chromium. The best natural food sources of chromium are: unsaturated cold-pressed oils, whole grains, organically grown fruits and vegetables, raw sugar and sugar cane, and brewer’s yeast. Also in naturally hard drinking water.d. Niacin. Normalizes blood clotting and markedly reduces cholesterol levels in arteries. Best food sources: brewer’s yeast, whole grain products.e. Calcium. Extra supplementary calcium reduces blood cholesterol. Best sources: milk, bone meal, sesame seeds, vegetables.f. B6 (pyrodoxine). It has been shown that prolonged deficiency of vitamin B6 will lead to damage to arteries and consequent atherosclerotic development.g. Magnesium. It has been shown that plentiful magnesium in the diet is imperative to health of the heart. Magnesium strengthens the heart muscle, and can prevent atherosclerosis and heart attack, h. Zinc. Recent research shows that low zinc values are associated with atherosclerosis (William Strain, et al.). Best food sources of zinc; seeds, nuts, grains, milk, eggs.
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