February - Healthy Heart Month


An essential part of maintaining your health, heart vitamins contribute to the well-being of your cardiovascular system as well as the rest of your body. Therefore, you have to be sure to include them in your diet to prevent heart disease and the onset of other preventable conditions.

What are heart healthy vitamins?
Of all the essential nutrients that our bodies need on a regular basis, vitamins are perhaps the most researched and well-known. Ever since we were children, we were told of the importance of taking our vitamins. These nutrients help our body perform hundreds of different functions and without we simply cannot survive.

Heart vitamins are specific vitamins which contribute to overall heart health and function, while helping prevent heart disease and other cardiovascular issues.

• B Vitamin Family  -  these vitamins (including Folic Acid B9, Niacin B3, B6, B12) all serve specific functions that can significantly reduce your risk of developing heart disease.

• The benefits of CoQ10 are numerous, and it is one of the most important compounds for maintaining the proper functioning of the heart. A deficiency of CoQ10 (CoEnzyme Q10) can lead to various kinds of heart disease among other serious health conditions.

• There are many natural cholesterol supplements that have been shown to not only reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels but also increase HDL, the good kind that your body needs. The most attractive features of these supplements is that they can be much safer than prescription drugs, and as such can be a much better option for you.

• Fish Oil  -  Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil are essential for heart health, and offer the following heart specific benefits, among others: