Heart disease is more a disease of inflammatory response and not just about cholesterol levels. Plaque deposit on your arteries is the body’s way of dealing with specific vitamin deficiencies and inflammation. If you increase your anti-oxidants and the omega three essential fatty acids you can turn off the inflammatory response and eliminate the onset of heart disease. Family history is only important to know because you will then know you need to work a little harder at preventing a heart attack or high blood pressure BUT you do not need to walk the road of your family members who have heart disease.

Learning to eat the right fats stops the body from over producing cholesterol. High cholesterol levels really do not come from high fat foods but rather from eating too little fat and too much of the omega 6 essential fatty acids. The hydrogenated fats tend to elevate cholesterol tremendously and unfortunately they are in most packaged foods. So read labels!

The human body needs the good fats; they create the good cholesterol and lower your triglycerides, they are also the building blocks to all your hormones and every cell wall. Diets that are poorly balanced, too low in good fats and too high in carbohydrates tend to elevate both cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Many so called diet foods tend to be low in fat and very high in carbohydrates and sugars which really do not make you loose weight but drive your triglyceride levels very high.

High blood pressure is often related to low magnesium levels and by learning how to correctly balance your minerals you can lower your blood pressure with minimal to no medications. Normalizing your weight, establishing a healthy workout program along with a well balanced diet, concentrating on specific foods for heart health and blood pressure, will improve your odds and health in general. For example organic celery with raw organic almond butter is good for both blood pressure and heart health.

Learn how to balance your diet correctly and do not walk down the path to heart disease. It is easy, just start by taking baby steps to better health.