The temperature’s in the 70’s right now, which is right around what native Floridians call “cool weather”. Of course this would be a monstrous heat wave in Long Island, where I’ve spent most of my life.
A friend of mine who’s a former chef once said to me, “If you like warm weather, get a job in a kitchen. If you really want to burn up, work in a busy kitchen.”
Now I’m sure I could butcher as well as anyone he had working for him, and it wouldn’t have taken me long to learn how to use all the different knives and such, but I walked by the broiler one day, and I don’t know how those guys do it. That particular broiler ran at 900 degrees, which is how they get those marvelous steaks to you in a hurry. That was too hot for me.
Moving on to fitness, here are some heart health tips for the day.
1. You don’t have to be old to have a heart attack. By this I mean you don’t have to be 65 or older (though that is looking younger to me, every day), or considered senior, to have a heart attack. Heart attacks can and do strike at all ages, and the demographic is moving lower. The statistics for women are almost similar to men (heart disease is now the #1 cause of death in women, beating out breast cancer) and we lose 150,000 people a year, under age 65, to heart attacks.
2. What you eat is important. When foodies talk about eating the rainbow, they are on to something. Fresh fruit and vegetables come in all sorts of colors. The brighter the colors, the more more heart healthy anti-oxidants are present. You should eat a percentage of fresh fruits and vegetables raw. If you have a juicer, that works too.
3. If you’re past the age of thirty-five and experience some E.D., you might have some artery blockage. Have a cardiologist check this out immediately. Don’t wait for a yearly physical.
Another great thing you can do for your heart health is take pharmaceutical grade fish oil. Doctors might even be getting the message.
Doctors are now being advised by The National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence to give fish oil to patients that have had heart attacks.
I agree that’s good advice, but it’s too little too late. Patients need fish oil before they have a cardiac event, which will help with prevention.
The benefits of enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil are numerous, and are great for people of all ages. I was just reading about a professional baseball player who started taking fish oil for his aching joints. As a result, he’s returning to the game much sooner than expected.
Omega-3 fatty acids were found to cut the incidence of sudden death by heart attack by 45% by The National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence, who I mentioned earlier.
So my question is, why would you wait until a person has a heart attack to start recommending it?
by Dr. Bill
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