| Five hundred thousand American women die each | | | | prone to maintain those unhealthy lifestyles. For |
| year from heart diseases and the risks increases with | | | | example, according to the National Institutes of Health, |
| age. Heart disease includes the narrowing of the | | | | fifty-six million American women have high cholesterol, |
| arteries, heart failure, diseases of the heart muscles, | | | | 33% of women have high blood pressure, and 62% of |
| inborn defects, hardening of the arties, and other | | | | women are overweight. Despite these risks, women |
| conditions. | | | | are less physically active than men, on average. |
| We tend to think of men as the ones who commonly | | | | The best course of action to take is to reduce your |
| have heart diseases but heart diseases is the leading | | | | risk of developing congestive heart disease and |
| killer of both men and women in the United States. | | | | improve the quality of life. Habits such as not smoking, |
| Scientists who are studying the cause of the rise in | | | | maintaining a healthy weight by regular activity or |
| cardiac problems in woman have identified two | | | | exercise, cutting down on the fatty foods, and getting |
| factors that appear to be the leading cause of hard | | | | your cholesterol tested can dramatically help prevent |
| disease in woman. | | | | heart disease. Don't become another statistic about |
| The Change of Life. | | | | women and heart disease. |
| After menopause, a woman's body experiences | | | | Common Vitamins and over the counter products can |
| reduced estrogen production, changes in cholesterol | | | | help with Heart Disease such as Sytrinol, Policosanol, |
| levels, changes in the structure of blood vessels, and | | | | Potassium, Pectin, and Niacin. |
| increased production of the clotting agent fibrinogen. | | | | Sytrinol are known to be useful in helping maintain a |
| Women who have gone through menopause are two | | | | healthy cholesterol level in the body by reducing |
| to three times more likely to suffer heart disease than | | | | triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels. |
| a pre-menopausal woman of the same age. Women | | | | Policosanol is a natural supplement derived from sugar |
| that have had a hysterectomy also experience these | | | | cane. Policosanol promotes healthy platelet function |
| same raised risk factors. No one yet knows exactly | | | | and helps to maintain normal cholesterol levels in the |
| how much a woman's risk is affected by each of | | | | human body. |
| these changes, but they are definitely associated with | | | | Potassium may help prevent high blood pressure and |
| greater heart disease risk. | | | | protect against artherosclerosis and reduce the risk of |
| Scientists studying women and heart disease | | | | stroke. |
| hypothesized that hormone replacement therapy could | | | | Pectin limits the amount of cholesterol the body can |
| help post-menopausal women fight heart disease; | | | | absorb. High pectin count in apples may be why "One |
| however, long-term studies do not confirm that | | | | a day keeps the doctor away". |
| preliminary idea and doctors no longer recommend | | | | If you are at risk from Heart Disease then find a good |
| hormone replacement therapy to battle heart disease. | | | | health care professional prior to starting any type of |
| When talking about your heart disease risk factors | | | | home treatment. |
| with your doctor, get his or her opinion on using | | | | Niacin is the closest thing available to a perfect |
| hormonal birth control (the pill or the patch). Most | | | | treatment that corrects most causes of coronary |
| doctors believe that using birth control is reasonable | | | | heart disease. Niacin blocks the release of fatty acids |
| safe for women under thirty-five if no other risk | | | | from fat cells. Niacin plays a critical role in energy |
| factors are involved such as smoking or being | | | | production, gene expression, and hormone synthesis. |
| overweigh. For women over the age of thirty-file there | | | | You cannot live without it. Niacin also tends to shift LDL |
| is not enough evidence that birth control hormones can | | | | particle distribution to larger particle size and improve |
| increase or decrease heart disease in women and | | | | HDL functioning. The intake of 3 grams Niacin for as |
| more studies are being conducted. | | | | little as two weeks can reduce serum cholesterol by |
| A Change of Lifestyle. | | | | 26 percent. |
| Scientists studying women and heart disease find that | | | | Always consult your doctor before using this |
| women are knowledgeable about what lifestyles are | | | | information. |
| associated with heart disease, and yet they are still | | | | |