Heart Disease: Cause & Cure

Following are the various elements responsible for Heart Diseases. Keeping a tab on your eating habits and bringing some changes in the lifestyle can solve many problems, says Jyoti Gupta

The increased incidence of Heart Disease in modern days is due to:

• Strain and stress of the modern lifestyle.
• Continuous intake of the foods which lack vitamins and minerals.
• Intake of the too much fats.
• Consumption of stimulants like tea, coffee etc regularly.
• Intake of the tobacco or alcohol.
• Disturbed digestion.
• Worry and other destructive emotions which further restrict the blood supply to the heart causing considerable strain.

Curative methods:
• Fasting for the 2-3 days on tender coconut water along with raw conservatively cooked vegetables or fruits for the few weeks.
• Ash gourd juice and banana juice should be taken in small quantities twice a day.
• Avoid salts and spices will have a relieving effect in bringing back normalcy spinal bath  twice or thrice a day to tone up the nerves.
• Cooling wet bandage may be applied on the abdomen for about 45 minutes twice or thrice a day.
• Barefooted short walks on grass lawns would we advisable
• Doing one’s daily work with a positive attitude without any mental exertion.
• Non pranayama to be practiced every morning.
• Meditation for half an hour in the morning and evening to calm the mind.

Prevention Foods:
•  Apple: being rich in potassium, they are a very effective cure.
• Grapes: helps to tone up the heart and are helpful in cardiac pain and palpitation. It is to be taken in fresh juice form.
•  Amla: builds up health and renews the body energy.
•  Asparagus: eating steamed vegetables strengthens heart.
•  Garlic: helps lowering down the cholesterol level and prevents hardening of arteries.
•  Onion: prevent heart attack.
•  Wheat germ: it is rich in the vitamin E, the deficiency of which leads to heart disease.
•  Honey: a glass of water with honey and lemon juice should we taken before going to bed.