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Heart disease is still the number one killer in civilized nations. Evidence clearly shows that the incidence of heart ailment is directly related to our abnormal dietary habits, but there are still ambiguities, and diet is only part of the picture. Wherever people live on a diet high in polyunsaturated vegetable oils, refined carbohydrates and animal fats, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, angina, atherosclerosis, and other heart changes happen,most of the time.

To know how to prevent and cure heart disease we must understand what they are and their underlying causes. Here's a brief list of the most common heart ailments that people suffer from today:

1.Arteriosclerosis - caused by a change in the arterial walls, affecting the inner and the middle layers of the heart initially and eventually resulting in possible clarification and loss of elasticity. This condition is commonly referred to as hardening of the arteries.

2.Atherosclerosis - a degenerative change in the arterial walls which principally affects the larger arteries such as the aorta, coronary and cerebral vessels. Systemic changes in other arteries also occur. The common cause is the formation of plaque in the vessels' inner walls, causing possible embolism and narrowing wherein the plaque breaks loose into the circulation, with possibly disastrous results. The plaque is composed primarily of 70 to 80 percent tissue, cholesterol and other fats.

3.Angina - recurrent substernal pain lasting for a half to a full minute, which may be triggered by exertion, stress, extreme cold, a large meal, emotion, and other factors. Pain is characterized by the feeling of a viselike unyielding band drawn across the chest. Coronary atherosclerosis is the major cause.

Below are the symptoms of major heart ailments:

Lethargy, cold extremities, senility, dizziness, high blood pressure, difficulty thinking, angina, pain in legs during exertion, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, enlarged heart, palpitations, embolism, heart attack.

Primary causes of heart ailments:

1.Diet

2.Rancid oils in the diet, antioxidant deficiency, use of unsaturated vegetable oils in cooking, margarine, homogenized dairy products, excess saturated fats, deficiency of fat emulsifiers, excess refined salt, excess refined carbohydrates and sugar (sugar increases triglycerides, uric acid levels and blood pressure), vitamin and mineral deficiency, excess vitamin D intake

3.Coffee

4.Alcohol

5.Lack of exercise

6.Smoking

7.Obesity

8.Family history of heart ailments

9.High blood pressure

Heart disease should not be taken lightly. You can start a healthy regimen of heart care as early as now. The best way to start is by educating yourself. symptoms of enlarged heart