Heart Attack - The Epidemic of America

Did you know that nearly half of all Americans die of heart attacks? This is an alarming statistic and deserves further investigation. The very first known heart attack was in 1896 and it was not until many years later this condition was given the name, myocardial infarct by the New England Journal of Medicine. How has this condition become the number one killer in the last one hundred years?

The words usually associated with heart attacks are cholesterol, stress, and salt. But epidemiological studies show that cholesterol and saturated fat intake has continually declined in our diet over the years. Almost everything seems to be fat free and or zero cholesterol. Maybe stress is the reason so many people die with a heart attack. But due to the increased standard of living we have enjoyed over the past century, our ancestors must have faced more stress than we do today. In fact most of what people call "stress" these days stem from a lifestyle lacking in passion and fulfillment. Now salt is a valuable topic for discussion because it brings up the subject of electrolytes. The kidneys are designed to easily retain salt but not so good at excreting salt into the urine. This is because sodium is an essential but rare electrolyte found in nature. The kidneys are designed and prepared for a shortage rather than being overwhelmed with the quantity of salt in most people's diet.

The typical American diet has an excess of sugars, refined carbohydrates, polyunsaturated and hydrogenated oils. The drinking water has been chlorinated and fluoridated, with foods and water depleted of trace minerals. With this combination, a person will develop an electrolyte stress condition that destroys the electronegative colloidal property of the body fluids. This causes red blood cells to clump leading to blood sludge, and platelets to aggregate increasing the tendency for thrombus and embolism formation. As the sludge circulates, deposits form in the arterioles compromising oxygen and other nutrients beginning the process of arteriosclerosis. Over the years the blood pressure and pulse must steadily increase in this person to meet the additional stress demand placed on the heart. A heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism is inevitable; it's just a matter of time. This person was not a victim; the condition could have been avoided by making certain lifestyle changes.

It is easy and inexpensive to have your body's chemistry and metabolism checked out. This would clearly show if you have an electrolyte stress condition long before damage has occurred. Even in later stages, with the proper protocol, this condition can almost always be stopped, and in many cases reversed.

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