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Healthy heart vitamins

We know vitamins are crucial to good health but there are quite a few that are extremely beneficial for your heart! You may be surprised-we were!

If you want to ensure your ticker stays healthy and your cholesterol stays low, you have to exercise, know your numbers and watch your diet. However, add these non-traditional supplements into your daily regimen for extra heart health. The Omega’s are the most popular of the heart healthy vitamins. Try and look for fish oils that contain Omega 3-6-and 9! Niacin or B-3 and Green Tea Extract have been shown to treat high cholesterol. Another interesting and relatively unknown supplement for a healthy heart is Red Yeast Rice, which lowers LDL and triglycerides. Add in some Coenzyme Q10 to reduce chest pain, so exercise is easier, and you have a pretty strong heart cocktail. Ginger and Turmeric are well known when treating the heart and the body in general, not to mention they’re yummy in edible form. Last but not least is a plant, Policosanol, which is extracts of plant wax and very beneficial in lowering cholesterol.

If you are concerned about your heart health, get your numbers checked. Try some exercise, cut out the smoking and add some exercise into your daily routine.  A healthy heart is a happy heart!

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Can vitamins keep you young & healthy?

Are vitamins and supplements going to keep you looking and feeling young? Can you reverse your actual age? Vitamins are not a new idea or craze, but what if they can really change you inside and out?

After speaking to a woman I work with, who looks very young for her chronological age, I realized it might be time to up my vitamin intake. I have gone through phases where I take 6 different supplements and then taper off into the regulars I can’t go without, Vitamin D, Fish Oil and Glucosamine. But what if I am missing some important ones? True, the list never ends on what is ‘important’ to take, but mine could be buffed up a little? My friend mentioned adding Alpha-Lipoic Acid into my daily intake, she says it helps keep plaque off our brains.  I do not want plaque on my brain! Of course, Alpha-Lipoic Acid is amazing for the skin but I didn’t know how important it is for our brains!  Alpha Lipoic Acid helps with dementia and Alzheimer’s and warding it off. Needless to say it is now part of my everyday vitamin cocktail!

I am now up to 8 vitamins a day. In addition to the above I am also taking Vitamin C, Green Coffee bean, Biotin (for healthy hair) and Curcumin. Tell us what you take and why?

Stay healthy!

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