Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
Did you Know?
According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, affecting one out of every three in the United States. Nearly half of African-American women have cardiovascular disease. Heart disease has a familial history in my family with both my biological parents, however heart disease is preventable and your genetic expression only has a 10% influence with you getting heart disease. The key is making sure you control your diet, exercise, and environment so that you do not get cardiovascular disease. Most women ignore the signs and symptoms of the heart attack as we tend not to put ourselves first so here are the symptoms that we should not ignore.
Heart Attack Signs in Women
Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. It lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back.Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.As with men, women’s most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.If you have any of these signs, call 9-1-1 and get to a hospital right away.
Prevention
1. Do not smoke! Once a smoker stops smoking, he or she reduces her risk of coronary artery disease by 50%.
2. Exercise Daily. Mile exercise of walking 30 minutes a day at a good pace is all you require.
3. Good Nutrition. We all now know that fat does not make you fat and it does not clog your arteries if it is the good fats. Coconut oil, moderate amounts of MCT oil, grass-fed butter, olive oil. and some quality balance of Omega 3, 6, and 9. Eat raw as much as possible, eat grass-fed animals meats and stay away from genetically modified foods which cause inflammation. Avoid sugar and genetically modified grains like the plague. Make it fun and make your plate colorful. If you are going to follow a "diet", please research ketogenic diet as it the best choice on the market today.
4. Stress Management. If you are like me you probably laughed when you read this one. Yes, life can be stress, but we do not have to let it effect our health. Yoga, breathing exercises, emotional freedom technique, meditation, and exercise can all be helpful. I personally adaptogenic herbs to assist me with stress management along with a variety of the above mentioned techniques.
5. Sleep. Make sure you are getting adequate rest to prevent your body being in a stressed state.
6. Detoxify your body. The environment in which we live is TOXIC and there is no avoiding it. I use a daily detox elixir which aids me in ridding my body of toxins I receive via the air. water, food, etc. Inflammation is the number one cause of chronic diseases so detoxify to reduce to prevent inflammation.
