Is Awareness Enough To Fight Heart Disease?
February 10, 2009 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Disease Management

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Being aware is not an action step. It may inspire you to take action, and it may not.
Making someone aware is lip service. Asking good questions is a step in the right direction. Discussion can give life to inspiration.
Inspired action requires that you get past denial.
Denial is very popular. It feels good. That is, until your problem gets right in your face.
Even though at this point, you are suffering the consequences of your denial, you may still cling to it.
By feeling like a victim of disease, you are ignoring your part in creating heart disease or any other disease. Until you take back your power, you will not feel better, and you can’t heal.
When you take responsibility for your health you can embrace healthy new habits, and live your life to the fullest.
Can you take inspired action, and still be in denial?
Well that is a good question. Usually denial is what keeps you on the side line, or keeps you so attached to your disease process that you never seek out actual help to heal. If you can’t imagine yourself feeling good and living well, then you won’t be able to achieve it.
Recently I came across a story that tore my heart out. The story is about a young woman who was definitely taking inspired action.
She was a role model for inspired action, and her family loved and cherished her.
She had struggled with a weight issue all her life. Her family and friends, and even her “shrink”, considered her a hypochondriac and often joked with her about it. (After all, she wasn’t too proud to admit that she was.) Her many complaints fell on deaf ears, and she brushed any concern aside out of habit.
Until……her final complaint.
“I am so dizzy,” she told her mother over the phone.
Then the line went dead and a 19 years young woman, in the prime of her life, was gone.
Over the years she had learned to ignore her discomfort with:
- heavy sweating
- not being able to catch her breath
- being overtired
- working hard to lose weight with little results
This beautiful young woman lost her life to a congenital heart disease called myocardial bridging—a defect where an artery, instead of going where it’s supposed to in the heart actually goes through the heart muscle.
Her story was written by a close friend, who wishes that the American Heart Association would do a better job of raising awareness about Congenital Heart Defects, and remind people that often, genetics is the only cause.
Do you know that there are tests, treatments, and surgical repair for congenital heart defects?
Most people don’t. If you are far too young for heart disease, but experience symptoms like the ones listed above…..please complain loudly to your health care provider.
Be heard and live!
If you are listening to the American Heart Association, be aware that they promote profitable Cholesterol Lowering Drugs without warning us of the dangers.
Find out what the AHA won’t tell you!
Educate yourself, and be well. Click on the link below to gain access to life saving information from Food Matters!
Reverse Heart Disease and Lower Cholesterol Naturally
Many blessings,
Carrie
PS–
Dr. Dwight Lundell is a heart surgeon who’s book The Cholesterol Lie, will teach you the REAL cause of heart disease and it IS NOT cholesterol!
PPS- Remember everyday:
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Relax and Release tension
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Take deeep breaths
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Be active in a way that adds joy to your life
Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter
Food Matters!
November 24, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Asthma, COPD- Lung Disease, Cholesterol, Depression, Detoxing, Diabetes, Foods For Fluid Balance, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Nutrition, Sleep Apnea
Have you seen the trailer for the new movie? I stumbled across it on You Tube and began jumping for joy.
At LAST an effort to get the message out!
You are what you eat!
You are killing yourself with the food choices you make!
If you aren’t operating out of a victim mentality, you should be able to hear the message.
Listen UP! The length and quality of your life depend on it!
Now click on a category in the right had column and find out more information that will change your life. READ!
Health is about taking care of yourself.
NOW is the time to change your ways and do what is best for yourself and your family.
If you are already putting this information into practice, then reach someone who isn’t and tell them about this new movie. Let’s hope CHANGE is coming.
Relaxing, breath building, and oxygen with exercise matter!
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The trailer is enough to open your eyes, but the Food Matters DVD is really a learning experience.
You and your family NEED this information!
Get your copy NOW!
Many blessings,
Carrie
Heart Failure Solutions
PS– Remember everyday:
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Relax and Release tension
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Take deeep breaths
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Be active in a way that adds joy to your life
Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter
Fluid Retention Steals Your Health, Want To Stop It?
November 3, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under COPD- Lung Disease, Choice, Diabetes, Happiness, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Water Retention
Fluid retention is such a big problem because the extra water in your system is in the way! Oxygen and vital nutrients can’t get where they need to go!
When oxygen and other vital nutrients cant’ get where they need to go, you deteriorate!
If you don’t want your health to fade, watch for signs that you may be retaining water:
- When you press your fingernail firmly into your thumb-pad, does it stay deeply dented for more than a second or two?
- When you press the tip of your finger into the inside of your shinbone, does your nail make a dent?
- Do your ankles ever swell?
- Does your shoe size increase as you get older?
- Do your rings sometimes not fit?
- Is your tummy ever tight and swollen?
- For women, do you suffer from breast tenderness?
- Does your weight fluctuate by several pound within the space of only twenty-four hours?
You should be concerned if you recognize water retention symptoms, even if your doctor isn’t!
If your symptoms are mild, make sure you pay close attention to: Read more
Can Heart Disease Lead To Heart Failure?
October 5, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Cholesterol, Depression, Diabetes, Disease Management, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea
Heart disease doesn’t get much news coverage unless someone famous dies of it. We don’t wear pink ribbons to bring awareness to it either, but heart disease is still the number one cause of death in the western world.
You can have advanced heart disease and be unaware of it. The first sign of heart disease many times is a heart attack.
Heart Attack is a major cause of heart failure!
Some treatments for heart disease actually contribute to heart failure!
The hundreds of patients that I saw over a decade rarely made significant changes in diet and lifestyle before being prescribed drugs, and soon after started experiencing side effects from those drugs.
Many of them had surgery as well.
Much quality of life is lost when health building efforts are abandoned for harsh drugs and traumatic surgeries. Read more
Is Water Retention a Recurring Theme In Your Life?
September 19, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under Breath Building, COPD- Lung Disease, Detoxing, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Foods For Fluid Balance, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Water Retention
Sometimes water retention makes you uncomfortable for a few days to weeks and then it will seemingly subsides and leave you be until the next time it comes to visit.
But did you know that you could be carrying around 20 extra pounds of fluid and NOT EVEN KNOW IT?
That extra fluid is putting a heavy burden on your heart muscle!
Sally had been trying to lose weight for years.
She was very strict with her diet and made sure to exercise 3–5 times every week.
When she saw her doctor, he always said the same thing, ”eat less, exercise more.”
She wondered how in the world she could eat any less, and felt that the doctor must not believe her!
Each week without progress made it that much harder to continue starving and exercising herself.
Does Sally’s story sound familiar?
Ask yourself the following questions: Read more
How You Get Rid of Water Off Your Ankles?
September 8, 2008 by Carrie Tucker
Filed under COPD- Lung Disease, Detoxing, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Foods For Fluid Balance, Heart, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Water Retention
If you have water around your ankles, you have a significant fluid balance issue.
Can you see your ankle bone at all? If not, you likely have water in your lungs.
Is there a gurgling or crackling sound when you breathe?
You may need medical care before you are able to discover the cause of the water on your ankles.
My friend Terry was at deaths door, before she got her answer.


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