One minute he was walking ahead of me on a 10 miles hike, cursing me (jokingly) for being lazy and dragging behind, the next, he was lying down holding his chest in agony.
That’s how I experienced my favorite uncle’s heart attack when I was 10 years old. And that’s similar to how I’ve heard hundreds of people describe heart attacks:
“One minute he was fine and BOOM – the next minute he was dead!”
Heart attacks can even be so sneaky that hundreds of people every year go to the doctor for a checkup, get two thumbs up and then suffer a major heart attack within hours or days.
But with rare exceptions, heart attacks and strokes are the end results of a long, long process and don’t generally come as a surprise.
So in today’s feature article, I want to explain the process your body goes through before having a stroke or heart attack and how to reverse this process and prevent it from happening.
Now to begin at the end, stroke and heart attacks happen when a big artery is completely blocked with plaque in the blood stream. It’s like a plug that stops the blood suddenly from running to vital parts of the body. If the plug is in the heart, it causes a heart attack, if it’s in the brain, it causes stroke.
The plug can also cause health problems that are not lethal like erectile dysfunction (arteries to the genitals), digestion problems, kidney failure etc.
Most often this plaque has been building up in one of the bigger arteries and then comes lose for whatever reason and shoots into another part where it blocks the new artery completely. Severe narrowing over time of the major arteries in and around the heart won’t necessarily cause heart attacks. Sometimes the heart forms new, smaller arteries to take care of the task of delivery of the blood. They are, however, more vulnerable while in the process of narrowing.
It’s the buildup of this plaque that will come lose that is the real problem. So lets look at how this exactly happens.
It all begins with normal wear and tear of the arteries. All parts of the body are under some kind of wear and tear and the arteries are no exception. Similar to how you experience small paper cuts and scratches on your skin, your arteries undergo minor damage when under stress.
Your body is well prepared to deal with these small injuries. White blood cells rush to clean and heal the “cuts,” just like they do with the cuts on the skin. They use the process called inflammation for healing. If needed, they carry small packages of cholesterol to temporarily protect the injured area.
This is all quite normal and happens frequently during the day with a healthy person.
The problem begins as the tension rises. You can imagine being on a boat with a hole in the bottom. If the hole is small, you’ve no problem keeping the boat from flooding with a small can to dump the water out. As the hole becomes bigger, getting the water out becomes harder and harder.
The same thing happens with your arteries if they’re under a lot of strain and the immune system has to repair more and more scars.
This can happen with increased “chronic inflammation” that actually attacks the arteries. This also happens as the arteries narrow due to buildup of cholesterol. All kinds of unhealthy diet choices can change the acid level and other chemical levels in the blood stream, injuring the arteries. But the biggest cause of increased strain on the arteries is long lasting high blood pressure.
You see, your arteries are designed to be extremely flexible. When you need to bring extra level of blood to different parts of the body, for example to the legs when running or the brain when tackling difficult tasks, they widen automatically to deliver more oxygen and nutrition to these parts.
They can take short periods of very high blood pressure to accommodate these temporary situations. However, when you have high blood pressure for a long period of time, the arteries suffer serious injuries. To handle this high pressure, they also thicken to make them stronger. But with that, they also lose their flexibility. So they crack more easily on the inside. These cracks need to be fixed with the inflammation process and are often temporarily protected with cholesterol.
Now if you also have high LDL cholesterol levels, these fatty flakes tend to get stuck in the inflammation areas and build up into a plaque that narrows the arteries. Where the arteries are narrower, the pressure increases. You can think of this like drinking through a straw. A wide straw takes very little sucking power whereas you may have to use quite a strain to drink through a narrow straw. The arteries are the same.
Where the pressure increases due to the plaque build up, more and more injuries occur, causing more and more cholesterol-plaque build up.
Even if you don’t have overall high blood pressure, these isolated areas with plaque build up are under a lot of pressure because of how narrow they are. That causes increased inflammation and again increased cholesterol-plaque build up.
As you can see, this is a serious health-risk-circle that keeps on snowballing until the plaque breaks lose and shoots into smaller arteries in the brain or the heart causing heart attack or stroke.
Now enough of the gloom and doom. The good new is that you can reverse this process.
For decades, the medical system has been saying that once the arteries have begun thickening and hardening, there is nothing you can do. And they often also claim that once plaque has begun building up, it will stay there (unless removed with surgery).
However, several new studies and thousands of examples of naturally focused individuals and doctors have proven both claims wrong. You CAN soften hardened arteries and you can remove built-up plaque. Maybe not with drugs…but using lifestyle changes.
Scott Davis, senor writer here at Blue Heron Health News and the author of the All Natural Cholesterol Guide faced death when his doctor reported that one of his major heart arteries was more than 90% blocked. Today, his arteries are almost completely clear. And he didn’t go into any extremes. What he did was focus on a few, key, minor lifestyle changes that delivered the biggest results in lowering cholesterol level. You can learn more about his story and how he got this accomplished here…
On a more scientific notes, a study published in the American Heart Association Journal showed that individuals using somewhat similar (although not as effective) methods as I teach in my blood pressure exercise program, not only lowered their blood pressure; their arterial walls also began to soften again. This is contradictory to previous beliefs that hard arteries would stay hard forever. You can learn more about my extremely effective high blood pressure exercises here…
So you see, if you begin taking action to naturally improve your arterial health today, you’ll not only stop the progression of heart attack and stroke, you’ll also reverse the process. That’s why so many people who have lived unhealthy lives and turned to natural lifestyles claim they feel younger than they did 20 years ago.
I urge you to take action today to lower your blood pressure, lower your cholesterol level and tackle chronic inflammation. Your heart will thank you.
But first, please leave your comments below.
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An excellent and crystal-clear explanation. Thank you very much
RDS
Tnx for this very enlightening information.
Hi, I am a Natural Therapist in Australia. I like your reports that I receive by e mail. I can not print them out though. Is this something that comes from your end, that no one can print the reports out?
Dr. Carey Reams found over 50 years ago that arterial plaque is caused by the body retain salt. This is countered by the systematic drinking of distilled water. I have done this for over 30 years. When the VA doctors tested my heart and carotids by ultrasound they were unable to find any plaque. It works.
you have a simple exercise that can save peoples lives and you want to sell it? You are a shameful person.
this clearly is not the latest research. One cannot just talk about LDL cholesterol, but pattern A and pattern B types.
Pattern A is beneficial LDL cholesterol. Pattern B is the dangerous one. There is no inkling in the preamble above to suggest this important difference is recognised.
Not good!
TKS FOR ENLIGHTNING MASSES WITH THIS SORT OF INFORMATION, BUT MUST TELL NATURAL REMEDIES WHICH ONE CAN DO OF HIS OWN-WHAT SORT OF LIFE STYLE CHANGE IS REQD, WHAT FOOD TO TAKEN IN ASIAN COUNTRIES PERSONS-ESPECIALY INDIANS.
Hello Christian, Thanks for another very interesting article which is highly relevant to my own situation. I always considered myself very fit and a regular distance runner, although I played hard as well as worked hard. I ended up having angina and then a heart attack despite having stents. I have now had a heart by-pass and consider myself in good health and lucky to have another opportunity.
I am very 'heartened' to hear that the coronary heart/artery damage may be reversible. This was not the message I received from the excellent cardiology healthcare personnel involved in my case but it makes a lot of sense as the human body seems capable of incredible repairs given thatpositive life style changes and de-stressing measures are taken.
The hope that this can/may happen will, I am sure, act as a valuable incentive to those like myself who would like to regain a high level of physical fitness.Keep up the good work,
Rob Sinnott
I guess that R Joseph Interrante performs his services at no cost.
Godwin Esele, I find it difficult to order the exercise for lowering blood pressure. Nigeria is not listed. How can you help or any body there. Good source of info always.
I lost my dad to a heart attack. He even had a pace maker embedded to help prevent it. And on top of that he was in the heart ward awaiting a check up at the Dallas Veteran’s Hospital when it happened. I am 54, soon to be 55 and my health is great. I don’t smoke or drink and I exercise often. I ride a bicycle to work. Which by the way is in Afghanistan as I am a contractor. Anybody that has ever contracted knows the rigorous exams they put you through. No meds for blood pressure, sugar, anything. My cholesterol is around 180 or so, triglycerides are around 185 if memory serves me correct. I am 5’9″ and around 200 lbs. You are 100% correct about lifestyle. Throw away that remote and start exercising. But after a doctor clears you for it. My EKG is good as that’s one of the tests we have to take to come over here. I had the doctor check it twice to make sure because of losing my dad to a heart attack. You don’t have to start big. Just start where you are and expand on it. But be safe in doing so.
good article and preventative notes for keeping the heart and arteries healthy.
this site is indeed life saving. thank you for providing this important information which is easily understood but not easily available to people who need it.
Remember, exercise often, eat healthy and not too much, and get plenty of sleep! These will do wonders for your health! Also remember, all Glory to God!
So , because I cannot finacialy afford $49 for each Ebook of yours, I desearve to die. True wisdom is to be shared. I agree Shameful!
I am 70 years old, a former marathon and cross country runner; life long non smoker with a healthy diet. 9 years ago I had a tripple by-pass as 3 main arteries were 90% blocked. I did not have a heart attack and quite frankly felt very well. The only symptoms I had were pressure up both arms when I went running.I had an Angiogram which revieled the blockages.The surgeon informed, that due to my fitness and strong heart muscle I survived so long without having a heart attack.
I made a good recovery and took up walking to remain reasonably fit.However, due to the operation I developed an Irregular Heart Beat for which I take a mild beata blocker, along with a 10mg blood pressure and statin.The problem being is that when I put pressure on my arms-gardening,carrying shopping ect i feel weak amd sickly. I have to rest for several weeks before it eases.off.
In 2008 I had another Angiogram which was very good.Recently I had a Echo Dopplor which was also good.Furthermore blood tests and my cholesterol readings were ok.I would be happy to email these results to you.
Any advice you can give me regarding the irregular heart beat would be welcome.
I`VE HAD BOTH AND BELIEVE ME IT`S NO JOKE.BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I`M STILL HERE!
You've got about 10% of what's really going on here…The Heart is another BRAIN,,, it is MUCH more than a Pump with hoses,,, you are only on the level of the biochemial and material here. My goodness. Dr. Mercola and Dr. David Holt disgracefully demonstrated a much deeper understanding of the Heart Attack as according to the German New Medicine of Ryke Geerd Hamer, MD…which greatly upset Dr. Hamer, (a great lover of animals) but they did PROVE his theory which seems still quite far ahead of today's Dark Ages Disconnected and Incoherent Medical "model." I urge you to explore it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_DwhHrKoQ a Better Place for understanding though would be – http://learninggnm.com/ A "Heart Attack" whose first symptom might be Sudden Death is much more a BRAIN EVENT than a Heart Event, occurring in one of the two Heart Regulatory Control Center in the BRAIN..Dr. Hamer has been harrassed and ridiculed mercilessly by the Medical Mafia for his brilliant and ahead of his time Insights. Also check German Biochemist Walter Last's discussion of German New Medicine http://www.whale.to/cancer/last.html.
The gut is anothhr brain too, right?
You mention the dangers of elevated LDL values but no mention made of high HDL values and how this counteracts the disadvantages of elevated LDL. Please respond. Thank you.
I really understood your article and it help me realize what I can do, i have had open heart surgery and also other artery repair.
Elizabeth Kaplan a good question, not nearly to the same degree, but in a sense, yes. Cancer and Cancer "equivalents", such as Heart attack, etc. are the result of a Conflict Shock, DHS, (Dirk Hamer Syndrome) which occurs Simultaneously on the level of the PSYCHE, the BRAIN, and the ORGAN…(stomach, liver, etc.)…HOW the person psychologically experiences the SHOCK, Insult, Offense, etc. determines which Organ is involved. This can be CONFIRMED with a CT Scan of the Cross Section of the Brain – and by the location you can know EXACTLY what kind of Shock they experienced…This is REALLY brilliant stuff but they have tried to bury this amazing doctor. More and more are "secretly" coming round and realizing how important this info really is.
We pay $25 to $40 just for co-pays to go to doctors, and they don’t ever bother to explain as much as the article above. The real shameful thing is that our insurance companies won’t pay for education and prevention, just tens of thousands when you have the heart attacks and strokes. We can’t afford our high insurance and also alternative care. I’ve been struggling trying to get the guts to let our insurance go, but I know a hospitalization could cost our home. I have also been struggling as to what to do with children’s educational games I have spent years developing. I want no child to struggle and have to feel stupid, yet I need to make a living for my own child. When a person spends their waking hours and passions developing things to benefit people, and no institution will pay them for this endeavor, how are they to be compensated? It’s no easy question. What would you do if there were not a paycheck for your life’s work?
Mr Goodman has to make a living same as the rest of us!!!
I hope i´m doing your exercises. My son had a stroke at 48 years and every time i feel pain in my head I think oh no
According to the stress test and the heart cath I had no blockages, but still I had a stroke…Mine was due to high blood pressure, but I would think there
should be a blockage some where. I only had a mild stroke, but surely there had to be a reason and I lost my speech for a short time.
Thank you for the info you provide. I suffer from white coat syndrome but in the past my blood pressure would regulate after leaving the doctors office, now I have to take medication to control it. I had a baby at the age of 40, had preeclampsia and have since had to take bp medication. I started taking a product called ProArgi9 plus about a year ago and since then have been able to lower the dosage of my medication, went from 600 mg a day to 200 mg. I am always looking for natural ways to reduce bp and I am working on completely getting off my bp medicine. Again thank you for your articles.
What about us seniors that live on a very limited income. We need this information as much as everyone else, but don’t have an extra $49 to afford each e book.
This was another great article, and now I feel like I really understand it for the first time. Thank you for that. Now I feel bad that I don’t know the exercises I should be doing, but I do walk every day.
I liked your article – it was very informative. I am a researcher and knew most of that already but a lot of people don’t. It’s great that you are putting the information out there so anyone who wants to help themselves has the information available. Thanks for all your hard work.
Try Control+P…you may have to do a page at a time if you have an old system…best to print to pdf (free download Cute pdf) then put together to print out a hard copy. , or PLUS4 have a info bar that has the print mechanism built in…failing this, highlight the text a page at a time, copy, and paste into Word or similar.:)
Sandra Dibbs Thanks Sandra. I always do control+p. Will try the others as well. Thanks very much.
As a nutritional therapist, I am a strong believer in recognizing that High BP and Cholesterol are by products of inflammation and other problems and so I say thumbs up, and don't give up if it takes a while. Also, Angionox by Xymogen has been known to take calcium out of veins according to my medical doctor; taken daily over a year period. If you have chronic herpes outbreaks, it could make that worse. Not sure why, so I would talk to my doctor about it and not take it if you don't need it.
looked for Angionox by Xymogen and could only find one reference to it. All from the same fellow, wanted to know what is in it?
I.e. I wanted to know what was in it.
Please do not take any medicine for strokes and heart attack.Remember that prevention is better than cure.Repair your arteries/veins before you face the stroke/heart attack.Not by medicines but by Diet:Regularly take this khichri in your lunch for one month per year:Unpolished rice + moong ki dal +Peanuts+fenugreek seeds.You will never have any stroke/heart attack.
I'm sure you waste more that $49 on all sorts of useless crap and don't worry about it. What a pathetic response!
Angela Carel Yeah, it just changes everything – one of the lead doctors who was ORDERED by the Court to test Hamer's theories at the Univ. of Tubingen in Germany,,,when asked WHY they hadn't yet done it, replied (respect for his honesty at least) "We don't WANT to know if Hamer is right." WOW….and SIEMENS Electronics…has indpendently verified Hamer's assertions that the ORGAN cancer, etc. DOES show up in the so called "Hamer Foci rings" witnessed in the CT Scan of the Cross Section of the BRAIN! Radiologist see these things ALL the TIME, but think they are Artifact with NO MEANING – just machine screw ups…but SIEMENS tested and said " NO, they are NOT in the Scanners but in the PATIENTS!!!" For modern medicine to Ignore this is SCANDALOUS.
Dr. Hamer's paradigm has a way to explain in a VERY rational way (once you understand the background and frame of reference) almost ANY medical condition, OR Behaviour. Anorexia, Schizophrenia, BiPolar Syn., Sexual Aggressivity, on and ON…But if Hamer IS right, they just need to change ALL the Books…and of course, BIg Pharma is then a DINOSAUR….which of course, it IS. Non-invasive approaches, such as Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy, other such things, USED WITHIN the Hamer Frame of Reference is no problem… But CHEMO, RADIATION, most drugs, etc. would have NO PLACE in such a Therapeutic Regimen. Most importantly Hamer's approach is a very HUMAN medicine in contrast to the MACHINELIKE, FRANKENSTEIN Battlefield Extreme Remedy Disconnected Mainstream methods in use now. We all know that there is a Mind-Body involvement with Dis-Ease,,,but Hamer has really explained it, categorized it, Taxonomized it…etc. His work is nothing less than astounding… and the thanks he gets- They Took his medical License, threw him in a Paris prison for 18 months trying to force him to Recant – Think Galileo…of course he wouldn't. The harrassment trying to portray him as Insane is obscene.
I went through angioplasty in Oct 12 and had three stent for 90% blockage of two arteries and 70% for the third one I was feeling good for the following three months but since last month I feel the same way I was before the angioplasty. I take tablets for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes.Thanks for your informative article I will try to accomplish the goal.
good information adopt lifestyle to benefit your health and healthy living….
Thanks
The article is very informative. Thanks.