A FREE Stress-Reducing Gift For Your Heart!
It's common knowledge now that heart attacks are frequently caused by cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol levels. But those major factors don't tell the whole story. In fact, those three factors account for only half of all heart attacks.
Many cardiologists now believe that emotional stress — anxiety, depression, anger, hostility — causes more heart attacks than has previously been recognized. For instance, most heart attacks happen in the early morning hours, as people are getting out of bed and preparing for their day. Hormones surge; the blood pressure rises; the heart beat increases. Withholding anger and general hostility can contribute to plaque formation in the coronary arteries, which make you more susceptible to coronary heart disease. |