Water Benefits Health News, Issue #84

February 17, 2023

Hello Water Friend,

February is American Heart Month, a time when all of us can focus on improving our cardiovascular health.

A good place to start is to understand how chronic dehydration plays a significant role in the early onset of heart disease, especially with high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Obviously, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are complex issues, but adequate hydration is foundational to both.

Thus, our feature article in this issue on “Drinking Water for Heart Health” explains how heart disease begins, what the 6 key risk factors are, and why drinking enough clean water daily can make a significant difference.

We have also included a link to the CDC page for Heart Disease, which offers many tools and resources for an in depth study of this topic.

To your health!

Nancy Hearn, CNC

Feature Article

Your heart supplies your body with the oxygen and nutrients you need to live. In fact, it beats about 75 times a minute and 100,000 times a day. This powerful organ is a true biological miracle—yet most of us take it for granted. I am sure you have probably heard the bad news about heart health:

"Every 34 seconds someone dies of heart disease!"

The American Heart Association (AHA) reports that heart disease is currently the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.

6 Controllable Risk Factors

According to the AHA, there are six controllable risk factors that can contribute to the development of heart disease:

1. High blood pressure 2. High blood cholesterol 3. Smoking 4. Diabetes 5. Physical inactivity and obesity 6. Stress

Minimizing these risk factors is obviously important in keeping your heart healthy and strong. But let’s take it a step further.

How and when does heart disease begin?

Read more here . . .

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Nancy Hearn is a certified health and nutrition consultant, hydration specialist, fitness advisor, and freelance web writer. She is the author of WaterBenefitsHealth.com and has published numerous health articles and eBooks.

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