Women's Health Alert: Heart Health Tips That Can Save Lives

Heart disease is the biggest health threats to women. A holistic physician explains what new research reveals and how women can protect themselves.
 
TORRANCE, Calif. - April 7, 2015 - PRLog -- New research from The American College Of Cardiology reveals women are more likely to delay seeking help when a heart attack starts. According to the data, women wait longer to call for help when they have a heart attack and take longer to get to a hospital than men.

And these delays add up . . . Twice the number of women (12%) than men (6%) die at the hospital after a heart attack.

"Certainly we need more ideas on how to provide better care for women," notes holistic physician Dr. Michael E. Rosenbaum, MD, a pioneer in integrative medicine. "But researchers, doctors and hospitals are ultimately a small part of the solution.The biggest solution lies with women. Lifestyle changes and awareness will make the biggest impact in keeping you safe from heart disease. And one of the best things women can do to fight this disease is to take on the ogre of stress that's a big part of women's lives."

By most accounts, women get the lion’s share of stress in this world . . . According to a recent survey, more women (21%) tend to feel stress worried, anxious, nervous and stressed on a daily or weekly basis than men (16%).  And preliminary research hints that women may be more sensitive to stress hormones than men are.

But not only do women experience more stress in their lives on average. It seems that this stress affects women’s hearts differently from men’s hearts. Dr. Viola Vaccarino has been looking at this pattern for a while.

In a recent study she compared the blood flow to the heart in both men and women when under stress. The study participants were all men and women who had gone through a heart attack previously. The participants had to recall a stressful event in their lives and then give a 3 minute talk about this even to an intimidating group of people in white lab coats. To raise the stress level even higher, they were told they would be evaluated on their speech.

The researchers were stunned to see that the women under 50 showed twice the amount of reduced blood flow to the heart as men. Bottom line, when they felt stress, you could see it in their blood flow. Their vessels had constricted and the blood flow had dwindled significantly.

Dr. Vaccarino notes that this matches some of what she’s seeing in other research . . . Men usually have a heart attack because a blood clot blocks blood flow. But as for women . . . it seems women’s heart attacks often result from stress-induced reduced blood flow to the heart.

"So how can you prevent the stress in your life from taking your heart out of commission? The best thing is to remove stressors from your life," advises Dr. Rosenbaum. "But it’s not always easy to ditch that loathsome commute when your work is on the other end . . . or stop your 3 year old from melting down in the supermarket . . . However, you can do some things to help your body contend with stress better."

Meditation, exercise and taking a soothing hot bath in the evening all offer stress relief. When it comes specifically to shifting how the heart responds to stress, research also indicates the herb eleuthero can make a noticeable difference, particularly in women.

"I've long recommended eleuthero to my patients for combatting the ill effects of stress," notes Dr. Rosenbaum. "It has long been used traditionally to help the body adjust to stressors in a healthy way. A recent clinical trial also showed that when women took eleuthero before undergoing a stressful event not only did it reduce their heart rate on average by 40%, it also reduced systolic blood pressure by 60%! You may not be able to get rid of stress. But you can support your heart and minimize the toll stress takes on your body with eleuthero."

To learn about 3 other ways women can protect themselves against heart disease, please go to https://www.sunchlorellausa.com/blog/heart-health-tips-women.

About Michael E. Rosenbaum, MD
Dr. Rosenbaum is a 30-year veteran and widely recognized pioneer in the field of nutritional medicine, alternative healthcare and medical acupuncture. As one of America's most respected experts in natural health and healing, Dr. Rosenbaum has been a frequent lecturer to professional medical groups and has participated in numerous television and radio talk shows. He is also an esteemed member of the Sun Chlorella Advisory Board, which helps guide the medical innovation behind Sun Chlorella products.

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