{"id":15815,"date":"2017-04-02T13:30:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T17:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=15815"},"modified":"2017-03-31T03:54:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:54:39","slug":"what-condition-is-heart-unhealthier-than-cholesterol-and-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2017\/04\/02\/what-condition-is-heart-unhealthier-than-cholesterol-and-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"What Condition is Heart Unhealthier than Cholesterol and Obesity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Depression_10917011_s-2015-3.jpg\" alt=\"What Condition is Heart Unhealthier than Cholesterol and Obesity?\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9399\" \/>A new study that appears in the journal <em>Atherosclerosis,<\/em> a team of German researchers made some terrifying discoveries regarding cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>One common condition \u2013 usually not associated with heart health &#8211; stands above even <U>high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and obesity<\/U> as causing cardiovascular disease that can lead to heart attack and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s almost as dangerous as high blood pressure or smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Depression includes near daily occurrence of any seven of these symptoms:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\tdepressed mood<br \/>\n&#8211;\tdiminished interest or pleasure<br \/>\n&#8211;\tsignificant weight loss or weight gain<br \/>\n&#8211;\tinsomnia or hypersomnia<br \/>\n&#8211;\tphysical restlessness or incapacity<br \/>\n&#8211;\tfatigue, feelings of worthlessness<br \/>\n&#8211;\tor inappropriate guilt, difficulty concentrating, and suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to the experts, the American Psychiatric Association&#8217;s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).<\/p>\n<p>The German study ranked depression together with some common risk factors for cardiovascular death and found that smoking and high blood pressure led to the most cardiovascular deaths. Not surprising.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>But the other findings were more remarkable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Depression was responsible for 15% of such deaths, followed by cholesterol and obesity for 8-21%, and diabetes for 5-8%.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity do less damage to your heart than depression does!<\/p>\n<p>This is not simply because depressed people tend to engage in unhealthy behaviors like smoking and drinking, as the scientists separated these from depression as influencing factors.<\/p>\n<p>What they couldn\u2019t account for was the impact of stress from feeling low on the cardiovascular system.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/health\/?page_id=472\">Our simple blood pressure exercises take on not just \u201cnormal\u201d stress. People who complain about feeling depressed have reported an amazing uptick in mood after doing our exercises. And as a bonus, their blood pressure is back to normal. Try them out for yourself here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As you see, in the report, high cholesterol level is indeed one of the major cause of heart attack and stroke. <a href=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/health\/?page_id=715\">But you can drop yours by just cutting out ONE single ingredient. Learn how here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study that appears in the journal Atherosclerosis, a team of German researchers made some terrifying discoveries regarding cardiovascular disease. One common condition \u2013 usually not associated with heart health &#8211; stands above even high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and obesity as causing cardiovascular disease that can lead to heart attack and stroke. 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