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How To Protect Your Heart From Stress and Disease

Don't we all love our hearts? They work non-stop day in and day out, and we prefer them to work at a calm, steady pace.

But negative emotions of our lives make hearts beat unevenly. Stress, depression, overwhelm cause heart rate patterns to be erratic and disordered.

If this stress continues, vessels and arteries around the heart can become harder (atherosclerosis), leading to inflammation in the heart.

Thankfully, some relaxation, breathing and special herbs can calm the body and restore heart patterns.

Although heart problems are considered genetic, many people develop them without genetic predispositions.

Our worlds are getting increasingly complex, and so do we. And our ever-changing environments create stress which we have to cope with.

“Thankfully, nature has lots of remedies to protect ourselves”

Some of the most obvious remedies against stress are powerful emotions of love and belonging we get by spending time with the loved ones, close family and friends.

The sheer joy of positive vibrations of fellow human beings normalizes our heart rates and releases powerful hormones of happiness and calm - dopamine and serotonin.

Proper exercise and heart healthy diets are also important for heart healthy living.

To be clear, by "diet" I mean the kinds of food you eat daily and not some restrictive dietary program.

All of us are different and our bodies are unique. We need to listen to our bodies closely. They'll tell us what food they need and when they need it. And that's what I mean talking about a "diet".

Proper diets and exercise are amazing for hearts. And a daily walk with a friend or colleague will fulfill both exercise and the emotional needs. as you can see.

A calm and steady heart resonates throughout the body, healing and regenerating us.

Herbs to Relax

Chamomile, Peppermint, Lemon balm, and Motherwort are all great sedating herbs. They relax muscles and nerves in a natural way, so it doesn't come in conflict with the body.

WebMD states: "Motherwort can reduce palpitations caused by stress and anxiety while Lemon balm works wonders on the overstimulated mind and body."

A calm body leads to stress-free hearts, so we definitely recommend at least a cup of relaxing herbal tea a day. Peppermint or chamomile tea are good relaxing teas and they have no caffeine, so you can take them at any time of the day.

Herbs have hundreds of chemicals that affect us on deep cellular levels. Studies have already found that drinking tea is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. Adding a cup of herbal tea to your diet, along with a walk with a friend in a park will carry lifelong benefits.

To your heart and health,

-Alexis