How much do you know about your heart?

• The more education you have the lower your risk of heart disease. 
•  A normal heart valve, is about the size of a half dollar. 
•  Happiness and a string sense of emotional vitality, helps lower your risk of heart disease.  
• The first heart cell, starts to beat as early as four (4) months. 
• The Blue Whale, has the largest heart (it weighs over 1,500 pounds). 
•  Your heart is about the size of your two hands clasped together. 
• The heart beats 100,000 times a day. 
• Regular exercise is the key to keep your heart in a healthy state. 
• The beating sound made by the heart, is from the opening and closing of the valve leaflets. 
•  The heart takes a hminute to pump 1.5 gallons of blood. 
• The right side of the heart pumps blood into your lungs, while the left side pumps it back to the body. 
• Cancer of the heart is very rare to find, because the heart cells stop dividing in the early stage of life. 
• A woman's heart, beats faster than that of a man with 8 beats per minute.

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MOST DANGEROUS FOOD TO AVOID

We all know food, as anything we eat, to sustain life.
But little did we know that there are some foods, which we humans take regularly, that is hazardous to our health, which we need to avoid for the sake of our longevity.

Here, we bring you, the 10 unknown malicious foods.

The Three White Devils (Sugar, Flour And Milk )

SUGAR
Much intake of it, causes obesity and diabetes, adds stress on the pancreas, liver and digestive system.
The nervous system is said to be compromised by up to 50 percent, each time sugar is been consumed.

Regular consumption of sugar, easily exposes the body to colds, flu,
depression, hormonal imbalance, stress and weight gain.

FLOUR
Seems to be body-friendly, but inside the body, just like Sugar, it contributes huge stress on the pancreas and disrupts insulin
levels so much that the body is sent into fat-storage

MILK
I can imagine, how shocked you are.

We are encouraged by Nutritionists, to drink milk for stronger bones but barely do we know that we lost the ability to digest lactose, due to much intake of milk, as we age.
Our body becomes more acidic which provokes an inflammatory response. 

FAST FOOD
One thing about this fast food, is the deterioration of health.
In any consumed fast food, two or three of the White Devils, must be present.

PROCESSED MEATS
Ready-prepared meats are high in nitrates and sodium, which are incredibly harmful to our health.
Regular eating of these meats, exposes us to Colon Cancer.

DOUGHNUTS
This is deadly, in fact advisable to be taken, if at all, once in a blue moon.
Doughnuts, contains white sugar, white flour and trans-fat, which makes the consumer to stand risk of heart disease and diabetes.

POTATO CRISPS
When foods are fried at high temperatures they
can form acrylamide, in other words Carcinogen. 

Potato Crisp, are high in sodium. Which blood pressure and cholesterol, strokes and with higher risk of heart attack.

SODA
Soda-drink, contains no useful nutrient that the body needed.
Rather, they leave your system, with dangerous chemicals and sugar, that depletes your body of nutrients.
It was stated that drinking just two sodas per week can double a person's risk of pancreatic cancer.

MARGARINE
Margarine is processed fat, often containing very unhealthy trans-fats, which your body cannot process.
It raises cholesterol and kills the walls of blood vessels.

CANNED SOUPS
Canned foods are often considered to be healthy, but was mistaken as
contain as much as 890 milligrams of sodium, which is nearly or more than a full day's quota.
In excess, sodium causes the body to retain water, which puts stress on the body, increases high blood pressure and risk of heart attack.
According to the American Heart Association, excessive consumption of sodium, can damage the organ.

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DRINK WATER 30 MINUTES BEFORE AND AFTER EATING

It is so important to know if drinking water while eating is best for a proper digestion.   

In human being, the mouth forms saliva while eating as it contains digestive enzymes, that helps in food break down.  

These enzymes are very important in creating a healthy process in digestion. 

The stomach, contains some gastric juices that helps not only in digestion but serves also as a weapon in killing bacteria that which we consume alongside the food we eat. 

It is necessary that these juices works properly, as they help to break down food and allow the stomach to contract and pulverize food into a state that can be pushed to the small intestine.  

The liver is also important as once nutrients are taken from the food we eat they are sent through the bloodstream to the liver.  

From there, the liver supplies the nutrients to different areas of the body required.  

It determines what to keep for later and what to utilize right away.
The liver requires an ample amount of water to function and do its job properly. 

TO DRINK OR NOT?  

Excess consumption of water, during meals can interfere with the natural
and necessary levels of bile and stomach acid, which will slow down the digestion process and reduce the body’s ability to produce the required enzymes needed to digest foods properly.  

Without proper digestion, a build up of toxic waste can take place, no matter what you are eating. 

Drinking cold water is known to slow down digestion, thus creating cramps.   

It is clear that drinking water 30 minutes before and after you eat aids the digestive process, as it helps to keep the body hydrated which results in optimal digestion.  

Some, who can't eat without drinking should avoid drinking too much, then after, wait for 30 minutes after eating before drinkin.

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